AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE ZEN MEDITATION (ZAZEN)
@article{Kasamatsu1966ANES,
title={AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE ZEN MEDITATION (ZAZEN)},
author={Akira Kasamatsu and Tomio Hirai},
journal={Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences},
year={1966},
volume={20}
}Zen meditation (ZAZEN) is a spiritual exercise held in the Zen sect of Buddhism. Apart from its religious significance, the training of Zen meditation produces changes not only in the mind but also in the body—these influences are of interest to scientific studies, from the stand point of psychology and physiology.
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The physiological and psychological correlates of meditation, as found in different studies, are described and the aims of meditation-practice are outlined.
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The scientific research that has investigated the physiological changes associated with meditation as it is practiced by adherents of Indian Yoga, Transcendental Meditation, and Zen Buddhism has not…
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Major ancient Buddhist meditation techniques, samatha, vipassana, Zen, and ton-len, will be described in reference to contemporary clinical hypnosis, and the Eastern healing framework out of which these techniques emerged is examined.
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This paper will present an empirically derived system dealing with the experiential phenomena of meditation, and it is hoped that this system has heuristic value for development of clinical applications of consciousness-altering techniques.
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