Interconnecting Vipassana with Human Health and School Curriculum
Santosh Lama, Bhagwan Aryal
Interdisciplinary Research in Education December 31, 2022 DOI: 10.3126/ire.v7i2.50473 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Desk review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Vipassana meditation has a tremendous positive impact on physical, mental, social, psychological, and spiritual health, and its moral code fosters peace, equanimity, and compassion, supporting social integrity. |
Abstract
A desk review was done to analyze the relevance of Vipassana with the overall dimensions of health and to find out its interconnection with the school curriculum for enhancing the education sector and shifting the paradigm. Secondary data were collected via an internet online portal and analyzed by making a theme. Literature shows that Vipassana has a tremendous positive impact on human health dimensions like physical, mental, social, psychological, and spiritual health. Vipassana with its moral code and precepts is found to help in fostering peaceful feelings, equanimity, and compassion, thus assisting social integrity. Relying on this fact, there is a great possibility of interconnecting Vipassana with the school curriculum. No review has been found on social well-being and spiritual health in a collaborative form which could be a future recommendation.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cites 2
- Mindfulness--What Works for Whom? Referral, Feasibility, and User Perspectives Regarding Patients with Mixed Chronic Pain. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine April 2016
- Effects of a Mindfulness Meditation Course on Learning and Cognitive Performance among University Students in Taiwan. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine November 10, 2015