The effects of Chinese Buddhist meditation tradition: the impact of nature observation and literary creation
Tiankai Liang, Minkai Sun, Seiko Goto
TL;DR
This study explores how Chinese Buddhist meditation practices involving nature observation and poetry creation affect relaxation and mood.
Contribution
The study provides empirical evidence on the unique benefits of integrating water landscapes and literary creation in Chinese Buddhist meditation.
Findings
Observing water landscapes significantly increased observation duration and reduced heart rate more than other landscapes.
Water landscapes improved negative moods more effectively than forest or rock landscapes.
Poetry creation in water landscapes enhanced relaxation and cognitive engagement.
Abstract
After integrating with indigenous Chinese culture, Chinese Buddhist meditation traditions expanded beyond classical rock meditation to include new practices. This study examines the physiological and psychological effects of nature observation and literary creation within Chinese Buddhist meditation. Experiment 1 recruited 30 participants and used observation duration, heart rate, the Profile of Mood States (POMS), and a supplemental questionnaire to compare relaxation effects across water (LS), forest (FS), and rock (RS) landscapes at a Buddhist temple. Experiment 2 recruited 30 new participants and introduced a poetry-creation task in the most relaxing landscape (LS) to test additional effects. The water LS significantly prolonged observation duration [LS: 379.835 ± 47.528 vs. FS: 210.656 ± 15.284 vs. RS: 272.157 ± 25.450, 95% CI (65.638, 272.719), p = 0.000, ηp2 = 0.443, 1-β =…
Genes, proteins, chemicals, diseases, species, mutations and cell lines named across the full text — each resolved to its canonical identifier and authoritative record.
Click any figure to enlarge with its caption.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10
Figure 11Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.
Taxonomy
TopicsMindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Music Therapy and Health