How Children Describe the Fruits of Meditation

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 a...

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Главный автор: Keating, Noel (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2017]
В: Religions
Год: 2017, Том: 8, Выпуск: 12, Страницы: 1-11
Другие ключевые слова:B Spirituality
B true-self
B Silence
B Медитация (мотив)
B Benefits
B Children
B nourish
B Fruits
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Итог: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.
ISSN:2077-1444
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel8120261