Defining Meditation: Foundations for an Activity-Based Phenomenological Classification System.

ABSTRACT: Classifying different meditation techniques is essential for the progress of meditation research, as this will enable discerning which effects are associated with which techniques, in addition to supporting the development of increasingly effective and efficient meditation-based training programs and clinical interventions. However, both the task of defining meditation itself, as well as defining specific techniques, faces many fundamental challenges. Here we describe problems involved in this endeavor and suggest an integrated model for defining meditation. For classifying different meditation techniques, we draw on classical, contemporary, and holistic systems of classification. We analyze different techniques and propose that all meditation techniques are based on a specific set of acti

SUBMITTER: Sparby T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8832115 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature