The Teaching of buddhist meditation in Mexico for emotional healing

Abstract

This article examines the factors favoring the diffusion of Buddhist meditation methods in Mexico and proposes that pedagogical strategies focused on their adaptation for people interested in improving their emotional living conditions have been useful in constructing experiences of transforming themselves.The findings, shared here, are part of an investigation conducted between 2009-2014 in three cities of western Mexico, where Buddhist centers accredited to teach and practice various techniques of meditation are located. The methodology of participant research for to learn meditation tecniques and deep interviews for qualified informants to be main criterions for to search the reflections of the meditators on their practice, dilemmas and knowledge are the qualitative data that weave their experiences