RT Article
T1 How Children Describe the Fruits of Meditation
JF Religions
VO 8
IS 12
SP 1
OP 11
A1 Keating, Noel
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1586318322
AB Using an interdisciplinary approach and a phenomenological, hermeneutic, mystagogical methodology, this paper explores how children describe the deep fruits of meditation in their lives. Seventy children, aged 7 to 11, from four Irish primary schools were interviewed; all had engaged in meditation as a whole-school practice for at least two-years beforehand. The study sought to elicit from children their experience, if any, of the transcendent in meditation. It concludes that children can and do enjoy deep states of consciousness and that meditation has the capacity to nourish the innate spirituality of the child. It highlights the importance of personal spiritual experience for children and supports the introduction of meditation in primary schools.
K1 Benefits
K1 Children
K1 Fruits
K1 Meditation
K1 nourish
K1 Silence
K1 Spirituality
K1 true-self
DO 10.3390/rel8120261