Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2026
Kangsuk Shon
This study aimed to explore meditation experiences as daily practice. For this purpose, focus group interviews were conducted with 36 meditation practitioners who practice meditation as part of their daily routine, divided into 5 groups. The research findings are as follows: First, in ‘subjective experiences through meditation as daily practice,’ five categories emerged: ‘experiencing rest and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Kangsuk Shon
The purpose of this study is to qualitatively confirm the experience of participating in a temple stay-based smoking cessation meditation program. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, what motivated you to participate in the temple stay-based smoking cessation meditation program? Second, what helped this temple (Guryongsa) in quitting smoking? Third, how did meditation...
The Korean Association for the Study of Religious Education
December 31, 2023
Jungseop Youm, Kangsuk Shon, Somi Jeong et al.
[Objective] The purpose of this study is to conduct a temple stay program based on Seon Buddhist meditation and confirm that the temple stay program is effective in improving mindfulness, self-compassion, and quality of life. [Contents] Quasi-experimental design was used to verify the effectiveness of the program targeting 27 adults in the experimental group and 29 in the control group. To this...
The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence
September 30, 2023
Jung-seop Youm, Kangsuk Shon, Bang-Hyun Shin et al.
The purpose of this study is to identify the experience of pilgrimage meditation targeting pilgrims in Buddhist holy places in order to understand the experience of pilgrimage meditation, and to identify the elements that should be included in the definition of pilgrimage meditation in order to clarify the definition of pilgrimage meditation. The study was conducted in two phases. The results...
Korean Association of Regional Sociology
August 31, 2023
Kangsuk Shon
This study aims to take an in-depth look at the Guryongsa Templestay walking meditation experience targeting the templestay participants at Guryongsa Temple in Mt.Chiak and to examine how to utilize it. This study was analyzed by applying the method of consensus qualitative analysis (CQR: Consensual Qualitative Research. Hill,2011; Hill et al, 2005). The research question is as follows. First,...