Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Self-Compassion Meditation
Kyoung‐Uk Lee
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism Meditation |
| Keywords | Compassion Empathy Relevance law Dialectic Agency philosophy Transformative learning Psychotherapist Mainstream Interpersonal communication Personal distress Impermanence |
| Key points | Argues that the expansion of compassion-oriented practices in Western psychology constitutes a 'second mindfulness revolution' grounded in Buddhist traditions and contemporary psychology. |
Abstract
Western psychology and psychiatry through the dissemination of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and subsequently informed a range of therapeutic models, including dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Alongside this “first” mindfulness movement, growing societal concerns about conflict, competition, and violence stimulated scientific and clinical interest in prosocial qualities such as empathy, altruism, and compassion. This chapter conceptualizes the resulting expansion of compassion-oriented practices as a “second mindfulness revolution” and traces its historical and conceptual foundations across Buddhist traditions and contemporary psychology.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cites 8
- Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: potential for psychological interventions. Clinical Psychology Review July 26, 2011
- Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. Emotion October 1, 2008
- Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2012
- Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 30, 2014
- Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study. Mindfulness 2020
and 3 more in the library