The role of implementing meditation in buddhist sunday school student character development at wisma meditation vipassana bodhi ratana Jepara central Java
I Ketut Damana
Cendikia Media Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan August 30, 2023 DOI: 10.35335/cendikia.v14i1.4095 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Meditation teacher monks in Jepara, Indonesia, and students in Buddhist Sunday schools |
| Interventions | standing walking |
| Topics | Buddhism Meditation |
| Key findings | Argues that teachers' readiness to teach is the key factor in using meditation for character formation in Buddhist Sunday schools, since teachers have difficulty assessing students' meditation-based character. The authors report findings on the formation of "vipassana character" and "samatha character," and conclude that inhalation and exhalation of breath is the character object for students' meditation. |
Abstract
The purpose of the teacher is to program the formation of character in Buddhist Sunday schools because the teacher is not yet perfect in forming non-formal character education. The finding of the teacher teaching in the implementation of meditation is because the teacher has difficulty assessing the character of the meditation students. Therefore the teacher is limited to playing an active role in programming student meditation that is relevant to modern life. This study used a qualitative approach focused on sitting, standing, walking and waking meditation. This research involved contributions from meditation teacher monks in Jepara. Data were collected by observation, interview, and documentation study techniques. The solution proposed in this study found that the role of implementing meditation on the formation of student character was in the factor of teacher readiness to teach at Buddhist Sunday schools. Obstacles in implementing meditation that occur become the most important problem in character building. The results of the discussion of this study show that the findings are on the formation of vipassana character and the formation of samatha character. The conclusion of the research on the inhalation and exhalation of breath as a character object for students to meditate.
Comparable studies
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| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists Western Buddhist meditation practitioners and experts in Theravāda, Zen, and Tibetan... | 2017 | Qualitative study with mixed-methods | |
| A phenomenology of meditation-induced light experiences: traditional buddhist and neurobiological perspectives American Buddhist practitioners | 2014 | Qualitative study | |
| Common Core Thesis and Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Mysticism in Chinese Buddhist Monks and Nuns Chinese Pure Land and Chan Buddhist monks and nuns | 2011 | Mixed-methods study | n = 139 |
| Anger regulation in traumatized Cambodian refugees: the perspectives of Buddhist monks. Buddhist Cambodian monks in Massachusetts | 2011 | Qualitative study | n = 6 |
| The Lived Experiences of Experienced Vipassana Mahasi Meditators: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Experienced Vipassana Mahasi meditators | 2018 | Qualitative study |