Misykat al-Anwar Jurnal Kajian Islam dan Masyarakat

Meditation and Religion: Buddhist Practice and Islamic Contemplative Analogues

Misykat al-Anwar Jurnal Kajian Islam dan Masyarakat January 31, 2026 Ahmad Nubail, Lazuardi Fadhlan Arrazy, Zul Fadhli Sultani et al.

This paper examines meditation, a practice that has become a global trend and is increasingly promoted as a therapeutic intervention in health-related contexts. This development has contributed to a shift in the public perception of meditation—from a religious tradition to a medicalized instrument—potentially detaching it from its original spiritual and religious meanings. Accordingly, this...