Abstract

Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction. The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of Vipassana meditation on life satisfaction. In this study 120 student participants (experimental and control) were selected. The experimental group was given Ten Days (ten hours per day and total hours taken was three hundred hours) Vipassana meditation course. After meditation course the Satisfaction with life scale was administered to experimental and control group immediately. The effect of intervention on experimental group was studied by comparing with control group in pre-post test phases. For analysis of data the GLM- Repeated measures of ANOVA was used. Findings indicate that Vipassana meditation had positive effect on the level of life satisfaction.

Highlights

  • Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back

  • The present study focuses on only Vipassana Meditation and its effectiveness on Life-Satisfaction

  • Research Design Pre-Post experimental group design was used to study the effect of Vipassana Meditation on Life Satisfaction

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Summary

Objective

To study the effect of vipassana meditation on life satisfaction. Research Design Pre-Post experimental group design was used to study the effect of Vipassana Meditation on Life Satisfaction. The participants were assigned randomly in to two groups-Experimental and control groups. The Experimental group was exposed to Vipassana Meditation whereas the control group was no exposure. The participants of Experimental and control groups were tested on dependent variable before and after exposure

Participants
Walking Meditation
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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