Enhanced happiness and stress alleviation upon insight meditation retreat: mindfulness, a part of traditional Buddhist meditation

This research aims to examine how traditional insight meditation in Thailand is trained and to investigate the impact of this practice on happiness and perceived stress. The fuller meaning of mindfulness and how to interweave mindfulness in daily practice is discussed. The intervention was a seven-d...

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Authors: Surinrut, Piyawan (Author) ; Auamnoy, Titinun (Author) ; Sangwatanaroj, Somkiat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 7, Pages: 648-659
Further subjects:B Happiness
B Vipassana
B Components of traditional insight Buddhist meditation
B perceived stress
B Thailand
B daily practice
B fuller meaning of mindfulness
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