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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

Thus, Loizzo sees the legacy of Nalanda University to provide a kind of alternative
• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies
to the mainstream belief and practice system that is still prevalent in the scientific
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc).
community today. Instead of relying solely on the hypothetico-deductive method,
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testing and observation with the aim of predicting and controlling phenomena,
included in the main text file.
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insights from Nalanda could be brought to bear so that there be more methodological
consistent for the entire article.
openness. This could open up a way toward further understanding and realization
of hitherto unknown phenomena. The contemplative method used in Buddhism,
Article Structure
where practitioner examines and observes her own mental state through meditation,

Each article should contain the following :
could lead to a breakthrough in scientific knowledge.
• Title
What this breakthrough looks like, however, is a matter of speculation now
• Short title for page headings
• Authors and their affiliations
since the idea of expanding the methodology of science to include contemplative
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
activities is very new and undeveloped. Nonetheless, we can venture into such a

• Key words
speculation, which is in fact not a totally idle exercise, but one that could well be
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and

realized in the future. In order for us to understand how the contemplative and
Methods, Results and Conclusion
meditative method could be beneficial for science, let us look at the role of modern
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science and its methodology and its roots. However, before doing this, it is important
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the text)
to note that what is emerging here is that it is possible to look at Nalanda—in a way
that Loizzo has provided for us—and see that the kind of Buddhism that was practiced
Abstract
there could be an inspiration to a new kind of research program, the kind pioneered

The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
by Richard Davidson and his colleagues. In fact, modern science is defined by its
results and conclusions.
own methodology; the two giving rise to each other, so to speak. When Galileo
refuted Aristotle by dropping two pieces of metal balls, one light than the other,
Ethical Guidelines
from the top of the Pisa Tower (or so the legend goes), he did more than just

Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and

demonstrate that Aristotle was wrong, he showed that movements of bodies in
Methods section that
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
the physical world can be summed up through mathematical formulae. Galileo
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
wanted to understand the language of nature, which is constituted by mathematics.
institutional review board having approved the project;
This idea gives rise to the view that for a methodology to be scientific it needs to
be demonstrable and quantifiable. Instead of the old version of the natural world
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the

Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
where things have their natural place and internal dynamism. Things, according to
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
Galileo became mere inert matter, mere variables in the mathematical formulae,
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.
or geometrical figures in the outline only. This way of viewing the world persists
today as a methodological bedrock of modern physics and science as a whole.

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