World Meditation Survey
This study explores meditation practice, motivation and individual characteristics of meditators in different traditional and cultural contexts.
There are a wide variety of meditation traditions and techniques, while each individual person has their own personality, values and motives. However, what we do not yet know is why some individuals prefer certain meditation techniques or practice in a particular meditation tradition and what traits they wish to develop or deepen through their meditation practice. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to investigate how personal motives, values, and characteristics of meditators from different traditions relate to their meditation practice and to determine whether and how they change over time. This is the first survey of its kind that invites meditators from around the world to participate.
University of Melbourne contributors
- Dr Karin Matko, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Mindfulness and Mental Health, Contemplative Studies Centre
- Associate Professor Nicholas Van Dam, Director, Contemplative Studies Centre