Influence of Vipassana, Raja Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya Yoga on Well-being and Character strengths

Purushartha Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI:10.21844/16202114201

Nikhil Mahindroo, M. Srivastava, Vidya Naik

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The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages using evidence-based traditional yoga and meditation practices for the promotion of mental health and well-being. This study intends to examine the influence of three Indian meditation practices, i.e., Vipassana mindfulness meditation, Raja Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, by employing a cross-sectional design. 168 healthy adults - 84 meditators (n=28 for each practice) and 84 non-meditators – had voluntarily participated. Meditators reported significantly higher subjective well-being (satisfaction with life, positive affect), psychological well-being (flourishing), presence of meaning in life, and character strengths (hope, gratitude, curiosity, zest and love), and significantly lower negative affect as compared to non-meditators. The medium to large effect sizes (Cohen’s d: .572 to .955), except for zest, were marked with a significant association (r: |.245 to .487|, p <.05) with the duration pof meditation, thereby signifying enhanced benefits of sustained practice. 60.2% of the variance in flourishing was explained by satisfaction in life, positive affect, hope, gratitude and presence of meaning. These evidence-based universal practices accessible across the globe and acceptable to people of all ages and backgrounds are worthy targets of rigorous research, adoption at the workplace and widespread dissemination to further SDG 3 – ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

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内观瑜伽、Raja瑜伽和Sudarshan Kriya瑜伽对幸福感和性格力量的影响

世界卫生组织（世界卫生组织）鼓励使用循证传统瑜伽和冥想练习来促进心理健康和福祉。本研究旨在通过横断面设计来检验印度三种冥想练习的影响，即内观正念冥想、拉贾瑜伽和苏丹克里亚瑜伽。168名健康成年人——84名冥想者（每次练习n=28）和84名非冥想者——自愿参与。与非冥想者相比，冥想者的主观幸福感（对生活的满意度、积极情感）、心理幸福感（繁荣）、生活意义的存在和性格优势（希望、感激、好奇、热情和爱）显著更高，消极情感显著更低。除了热情之外，中等到大的效果大小（Cohen的d:.572到.955）与冥想的持续时间有显著的相关性（r:|.245到.487|，p<.05），从而表明持续练习的好处增强了。60.2%的繁荣差异是由生活满意度、积极情感、希望、感激和意义的存在来解释的。这些基于证据的普遍做法在全球范围内普及，并为所有年龄和背景的人所接受，是值得严格研究、在工作场所采用和广泛传播的目标，以进一步推动可持续发展目标3——“确保所有年龄段的健康生活，促进所有人的福祉。

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Purushartha Arts and Humanities-Philosophy

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期刊介绍： The Journal ‘Purushartha’ has been started with an objective to focus primarily on: Blending of ancient Indian management thoughts with the modern management principles Business ethics Values Indian spirituality for modern business It is strongly felt that there are many unexplored dimensions and fewer researches have been done on the above subjects. Through this journal an effort has been made to explore those dimensions for enriching the modern management science. It is worth mentioning that our effort through this journal for blending ancient Indian wisdom, ethics, values and spirituality with modern management thoughts primarily derived from West is being appreciated by the academia and industry as well.