Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 29, 2026
Ji Mi Jun
This preliminary study aimed to develop a draft loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā)-based training program for meditation specialist teachers and to explore its feasibility and potential effects prior to a full-scale study. The research questions were as follows: First, what components should be included in a loving-kindness meditation-based training program for meditation specialist...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 29, 2026
Pilwon Lee
Purpose: This study aims to clarify the concept, structure, and soteriological purpose of sati practice in Early Buddhism on the basis of Pāli sources, and to analyze the core transformations that occur when sati is transposed into contemporary clinical mindfulness programs. It pays particular attention to the function of sati within jhāna practice, an aspect largely neglected in existing...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 29, 2026
Insil Song, Sujin Yun
Purpose: This study explored how adults who participated in a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program experience self-compassion, and interpreted the meaning structure of that experience to reveal its underlying essence. Methods: Van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenology was adopted. Data were collected from three adults who had completed a standard MSC program through individual written accounts and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2026
Gwiyeon Jeong
This study conducted a meta-analysis to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of Buddhist meditation intervention programs on psychological health outcomes. A total of 138 studies published between 2024 and 2025, listed in KCI-indexed or KCI-candidate journals, involving 6,366 participants were analyzed. Effect sizes were computed using Hedges’ g under a random-effects model to account for...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2026
Woohyun Choi, Sangwook Park
Purpose: This study conducts a multi-perspective analysis of the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) into traditional meditation services across academic, market, and public dimensions. Methods: A five-stage scoping review (2017–2026) was performed using the PCC framework, complemented by environmental scanning of global market trends and big data social...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2026
J. Kim
This study explores the perceived therapeutic meanings and relational changes associated with a generative AI-integrated guided imagery meditation program based on Seon Master Daehaeng’s Hanmaum Ogong philosophy. Designed for middle-aged women facing existential anxiety and relational disconnection, this research employs a multiple-case study of six participants over eight sessions to examine...
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
April 30, 2026
Minseo Song
This study aimed to explore the experiences of RHS (Recovering the Human Spirit) meditation-based psychological counseling among middle-aged adults through narrative inquiry and to understand the process and meaning of changes in self-awareness. Clandinin and Connelly’s narrative inquiry methodology was employed, and ten sessions of RHS meditation-based psychological counseling were conducted...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2026
Dae Yong Ha
This study explores the narrative structure of daratha (agitation) as presented in the Cūḷasuññata Sutta (MN 121) to provide a scriptural foundation for reframing contemporary discourses on meditation adverse effects. The Sutta consistently employs a specific formula- “there is only this measure of agitation”- across nine stages of perceptual (saññā) transition. Through a structural and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2025
Poongryun Chung
Purpose: This single-case study explored the effects of emotion-focused Reflected Image Meditation(RIM) on depressive affect in a middle-aged woman with a history of childhood emotional deprivation, sexual trauma, bereavement, and chronic conflict with her mother-in-law. The aim was to examine how biographical wounds and reactivated emotions in adult relationships could be processed and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2025
Jeong Gwiyeon
This study aimed to systematically understand the knowledge structure and time-series changes in domestic meditation intervention research from 2016 to 2025. The main focus was to investigate research trend shifts and paradigm transitions before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Keyword Network Analysis (KNA) was performed on 1,442 domestic meditation intervention studies published in...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2025
Jihyeon Cho
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a breathing meditation program on job satisfaction and mindfulness in early childhood teachers. The research questions were as follows: First, will participation in a breathing meditation program affect early childhood teachers’ job satisfaction? Second, will participation in a breathing meditation program affect early childhood teachers’...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2025
Hyunjin Kim
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a Compassion Toward Others meditation program for middle-aged adults. The research aimed to investigate whether the program influenced empathy, compassion toward others, and helping behavior among participants. To address these questions, a Compassion Toward Others meditation program was conducted for middle-aged participants, and pre- and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 31, 2025
Kim Seonhwa
This study explores the potential of reading Buddhist scriptures as both a contemplative practice and a form of psychological healing by examining the literary characteristics and meditative value of the Lotus Sutra. Buddhist scriptures employ metaphors, symbols, poetic language, and narrative structures to appeal deeply to the reader’s emotions. These literary devices function as mechanisms...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 31, 2025
Yuri Jang
This study explores the depression experience of a middle-aged male with depressive affect and aims to identify the impact of a Reflective Image Meditation (RIM)-based meditation counseling intervention on his emotional state through a single-case study. To this end, an 8-session meditation counseling program, incorporating RIM to help the participant observe mental phenomena as they are,...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2025
Joonhee Kim
Purpose: By comparing and examining the concepts of sati in the Buddhist tradition and katharsis in Western philosophy, we propose an integrated approach to relieve negative emotions and induce psychological recovery. Object of study: The main object of analysis is the practice of sati in Buddhist scriptures and the theory of catharsis in Aristotle's Poetics and Politics. Method: Through...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2025
Kum-Soon Lim
The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of participating in body feeling observation meditation targeting middle-aged women and to obtain basic information on methods for successful aging. The research questions of this study to achieve the purpose of the study are as follows. First, what is middle-aged women’s perception of aging? Second, how do middle-aged women cope with...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2025
Eunju Lee
The purpose of this study is to show, through the statements of the research participants, how Reflected Image Meditation(RIM) therapy for early maladaptive schemas can relieve suffering from personality and lead to insight into personality. The results of the study are as follows. First, in the pre- and post-test comparison of the study participants’ simple psychological schema test and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
April 30, 2025
Seongryong Kim
This study aimed to examine the effects of pilgrimage meditation centered on the pilgrimage to the holy sites of Great Master Hui Neng of China on self-compassion, mindfulness, spiritual well-being, and quality of life. To this end, we conducted a pre- and post-survey to measure self-compassion, mindfulness, spiritual well-being, and quality of life among participants in a pilgrimage meditation...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Bomi Lee
This study explored the applicability of Reflected Image Meditation in adolescent counseling. The participants were 15 graduate students majoring in psychotherapy, enrolled in the course Adolescent Counseling. After conducting group Reflected Image Meditation sessions, six of these students voluntarily submitted written reflections on (1) their experiences with Reflected Image Meditation and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Sunmi Min
The purpose of this study is to explore the physical and psychological change experiences of women after middle age through a yoga program. The research question for this is; First, what are the physical changes that occur through participation in a yoga meditation program based on the Saseobbeop? Second, what is the internal change through participation in a yoga meditation program based on...
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...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Donguk Im
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being according to the characteristics of foreigners who participated in temple-based meditation programs, thereby understanding the experiences of foreign temple stay participants according to their characteristics and providing information necessary for...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Y. Choi
The purpose of this study is to explore what participants in the pilgrimage meditation program of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng Pilgrimage experienced through the pilgrimage. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, what are the vows made by participants in the pilgrimage meditation program through pilgrimage? Second, what are the experiences of participants in the pilgrimage...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Hyunjin Kim
The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of a self-compassion meditation program for middle-aged women. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, does the self-compassion meditation program affect the self-compassion of middle-aged women? Second, does the self-compassion meditation program affect the life satisfaction of middle-aged women? Third, does the...