The present paper examined empirical studies on meditation which were done in Korea. these studies were 18 theses for Master degree, 6 theses for Ph.D., 10 articles published in academic journals, and I report. These studies were analyzed and discusse...
The present paper examined empirical studies on meditation which were done in Korea. these studies were 18 theses for Master degree, 6 theses for Ph.D., 10 articles published in academic journals, and I report. These studies were analyzed and discussed according to the kind of the meditation they employed and the effects they found. The meditations employed in these studies were divided into concentrative meditation, insight meditation, and others. And they were divided again into smaller pieces. The effects found in these studies were divided into physical effects, psychological effects, and other effects. Some limitations of the present paper are discussed and some suggestions for the research on meditation are made.