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Phenomenology of Traditional Buddhist Meditation Retreat: Subjective Experiences and Psychological Correlates

Sarika Khandelwal , Sarika Khandelwall , Kavita Koradia2

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Indian Journal of Ancient Medicine and Yoga 13(2):p 75-82, April – June 2020. | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijamy.0974.6986.13220.2

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Sarika Khandelwal, Kavita Koradia. Phenomenology of Traditional Buddhist Meditation Retreat: Subjective Experiences and Psychological Correlates. Indian J Ancien Med Yog.2020;13(2):75–82.
 

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Context: Literature on meditation suggests multi fold benefits on personality. Yet, very few researches explored meditation in its traditional context utilising both empirical and anecdotal evidence to get insights about the way it impacts the practitioners and their subjective experiences. Aim: The study aims to explore the impact of a Buddhist
Mediation retreat on Depression, Stress, Anxiety and Affect regulation of participants and their qualitative outcomes. Methods: One hundred subjects were studied through convenience sampling who participated in a ten day meditational retreat for the first time at Tushita Meditation Centre. Further, qualitative analysis was conducted on ten participants who exhibited significant changes on their quantitative measures to understand their motivation, deeper perspectives and experiences of the retreat. Results: The retreat was found to be effective in reducing the
severity of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms significantly and also in regulation of emotions (all p >0.001). The qualitative analyzes yielded overarching themes - (a) self development, distress and imbalance regulation; (b) self exploration, insightful values and physical challenge; (c) internalizing Impermanence and attaining Equanimity.
Conclusion: The findings provides a detailed understanding on the impact of retreat interventions which can be of strategic research benefit for studying as a model system to understand the transforming effects of meditation, identify the peripheral conditions or the dosage requirement to bring about an outcome and in realizing the holistic effect of meditation training at an individual level.

Keywords : Meditation Retreat; Psychological Impact; Subjective impact. 

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Sarika Khandelwal, Kavita Koradia. Phenomenology of Traditional Buddhist Meditation Retreat: Subjective Experiences and Psychological Correlates. Indian J Ancien Med Yog.2020;13(2):75–82.
 

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