Mind and Body

The foci of this panel present multifaceted thoughts by medieval philosophical viewpoints and neuroscientific discoveries on Mind and Body. These viewpoints and neuroscientific discoveries help us understand the path to spiritual fulfillment across Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Christianity, which are based on various geographical locations within South Asia and major European civilizations, especially Roman and Greek. The first paper is about Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu views on the perfect and imperfect body and contemporary practices of the body. The second paper explores eligibility and ineligibility of mind and body in medieval Digambara Jainism. The third paper addresses some interesting neuroscientific discoveries on the relationship of mind and body that could be drawn from Christian practices.