UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Keywords:
Mindfulness, Buddhist meditation, Health, Wellbeing, YogaAbstract
Background: Meditation is one of the well-known practices which increase attention and deep internal relaxation. There are different techniques of meditation to practice. Anapanasati meditation is one of the meditation techniques discussed in Theravada school of Buddhism. It is an initial part of vipassana (psycho –physiological) meditation. It is a meditation in which one obtains mastery over ones unruly mind through objective observation of ones own natural and normal breath.
Interest in the Buddhist concept of mindfulness has burgeoned over the last few decades as a result of its application as a therapeutic strategy in mind‐body medicine, psychotherapy, psychiatry, education, leadership and management, and a wide range of other theoretical and practical domains.
Aim: The Systematic Review Aims to Asses to Find Out The Effect Of Mindfulness And Buddhist Meditation For Health.
Materials and Method: In accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, the electronic databases Medline (PubMed), Google Scholar, Cochrane and Scopus were searched over a period of time frame. All studies identified for inclusion and published in English. Articles were searched by using the keyword “Applications of Mindfulness and Buddhist meditation for health, Yoga and mindfulness, Mindfulness for health, Buddhism, Health and Buddhist meditation, Anapanasati, Vipasana, Buddhist meditation.
Result: All included studies shows positive effect of Mindfulness meditation (Buddhist Meditation) on health. Mindfulness meditation is helpful in psychological problems.Mindfulness meditation helpful for migraine, stress and many mental disorders. However, in the spiritual tradition, meditation is perceived as a tool for spiritual development, growth of inner peace,
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