Youngsoon Yang


Research Fellow
 

Indian Philosophy

Research interests:
Indian Philosophy, Indology, Indian Religion, History of Indian Culture, Death Studies, Modern Yoga and Meditation

Professional Experience
2023.07~2028.06 The Study on the Samādhimaraṇa : The thanatological study on yoga and meditation anticipating death
2021.11~2023.6 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Institute of Indian Studies, HK+ Research Professor
2022.07~2025.06 Hemacandra’s Yogaśāstra
2021.09~2022.08 The Self theory in Digambara of Jainism : A Study on Pūjyapāda’s Samādhitantra
2020.09-2021.08 A Study on the Sign of Death (riṣṭa) in Riṣṭasamuccaya of Jainism
2012.09~2016.08 Gasan Buddhist Culture Research Institute / Researcher

Education
Dongguk University(Ph.D)


Publications

  • 2019, A Study of the Yoga and Meditation theory in Jainism : with Special Reference to Yogaśāstra Compared with Tantra Yoga, Doctorial thesis.
  • 2019, A Study on the Modern Development of Jain Yoga and Meditation: Focusing on Prekṣā meditation, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 56.
  • 2019, A Study on the Meditation of Sarvajña(Omniscient) in Jainism: From Orthodox Meditation to Tantric One, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 57.
  • 2020, A Study on the Jain’s Sexual Asceticism (1): Regarding the critique of the affirmations on sexual activity, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 60.
  • 2021, A Study on the Jain Sexual Asceticism(2) : On the Brahmacarya Vrata, Won-Buddhist Thought & Religious Culture Vol. 87.
  • 2020, A Study on the Khecarī Mudrā in the Meditation theory of Early Buddhism, Journal Studies of Seon Culture Vol. 28.
  • 2021, The one-sense living being(ekendriyajīva) in Jainism : As the basis of the life-centred Ecology, The Journal of Indian Studies Vol. 27(2)
  • 2022, A study of the Diseases and Medical Treatments in Indian Buddhist Monasteries: Based on the Mahāvagga, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 65.
  • 2022, A Study of the Dhūta of Buddhism : with special reference to Indian Asceticism, Journal Studies of Seon Culture Vol. 32.
  • 2022, A Study on Globalization and Hindu Nationalism in Indian Traditional Medicine(AYUSH), Asian Cultural Studies Vol. 60
  • 2022, A Study on Sallekhaṇā as the Dying Ritual, The religious studeis Vol. 82(3).
  • 2022, A Study on the Sign of Death : Based on Hemacandra’s Chapter 5 of Yogaśāstra, Won-Buddhist Thought & Religious Culture Vol. 94.
  • 2023, A Study on the Dharma Meditation in Jainism: From bhāvanā to Piṇḍastha Meditation, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 68.
  • 2023, A Study on Riṣṭasamuccaya of Durgadeva: Related to Death Preparation Education, Koran Journal of Indian Philosophy vol. 69.