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01.04.2015 | Psychological Exploration

A Critical Analysis of the Concepts and Measurement of Awareness and Equanimity in Goenka’s Vipassana Meditation

verfasst von: Xianglong Zeng, Tian P. S. Oei, Yiqing Ye, Xiangping Liu

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 2/2015

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Abstract

Goenka’s Vipassana meditation (GVM), a widely applied mindfulness training system rooted in Buddhism, is currently widely used. Although the two abilities cultivated in GVM, awareness and equanimity, exhibit certain similarities with the mindfulness cultivated in mindfulness-based psychotherapies (MBTs), they are not major concerns in MBTs. While many mindfulness scales have been created to measure different aspects of mindfulness constructs and certain scales and items can indeed reflect the basic abilities of awareness and equanimity, none of them can adequately capture the way in which those abilities and related ideas are applied in GVM. This paper presents a critical examination of the problems associated with the concepts and measurement of awareness and equanimity and presents potential solutions for achieving better measurement of these concepts in the future.

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Titel: A Critical Analysis of the Concepts and Measurement of Awareness and Equanimity in Goenka’s Vipassana Meditation
verfasst von: Xianglong Zeng
Tian P. S. Oei
Yiqing Ye
Xiangping Liu
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9796-9

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