From Buddhist meditation to psychological well-being: an ethical-cultural training ecology model
Frontiers in Psychology September 3, 2026 Yukun Mei, Jiyu Li, Sarawadee Phuchomsri
Buddhist meditation is widely studied in relation to mindfulness, emotion regulation, compassion, and well-being, yet it is often operationalized as an attentional or stress-reduction technique detached from the ethical and cultural conditions of practice. This article develops the ethical-cultural training ecology model, a Hypothesis and Theory framework that treats Buddhist meditation as a...