Meditating helps students get better grades
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Meditating helps students get better grades
By news agencies 10:31AM BST 12 Apr 2013
Meditating for just six minutes before going to lectures could help students get better grades, according to research.
A study of university students in California found that those who practised the art of Zen scored better on tests, reports journal Mindfulness.
They also found students who meditated before classes were able to focus better and concentrate for longer.
In one experiment, the meditation even predicted which students passed and which students failed the quiz.
The research was found to work better on first year students, leading researchers to speculate that younger students who struggle to concentrate could benefit more from meditation.
George Mason University, Virgina, professor Robert Youmans, who co-lead the study with University of Illinois doctoral student Jared Ramsburg, said: "One difficulty for researchers who study meditation is that the supposed benefits of meditation do not always replicate across different studies or populations, and so we have been trying to figure out why.
"This data from this study suggest that meditation may help students who might have trouble paying attention or focusing.
"Sadly, freshmen classes probably contain more of these types of students than senior courses because student populations who have difficulty self-regulating are also more likely to leave the university."
Researchers believe with more extensive training and coaching that the results could improve.
Mr Ramsburg, a practising Buddhist, said: "With just six minutes meditation test, we got improved results.
"I think that if mindfulness can improve mental clarity, focus and self-discipline, then it might be useful in a variety of settings and for a variety of goals."
Researchers believe taking long walks in the morning to plan out your day could have the same positive effects as meditation.
Mr Ramsburg added: "Basically, becoming just a little bit more mindful about yourself and your place in the world might have a very important, practical benefit - in this case, doing better in college."
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Some can focus and study better while other may not in secular education. This is due to different degrees of past life of blessing and stillness. This education is a man-made thing that based on the development of mankind over the years and complicated its affairs in modernised society. It does not solve human life & death problem. However it will affect the emotional and intelligence aspects of human and meditation is necessary to liberate the mind to regain blessing and stillness so that students can achieve both inner peace and good focus
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Originally posted by Nyorai:
Nice Quote.
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where is a good place to learn meditation in sg? somewhere in the north?
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Originally posted by Nyorai:
hah, good one.
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Originally posted by heliotropic365:
where is a good place to learn meditation in sg? somewhere in the north?
Try Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery if it is not too far from where you are staying. You can find the courses and activities at this website.
http://www.kmspks.org/kmspks/index.htm
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