Health Promotion Through Meditation Therapy Based on Buddhism

Abstract

This academic article discusses the use of meditation therapy as an attempt to solve health problems in order to train the mind to have strength that can be applied in both physical and mental health promotion dimensions. Amidst the context of people's lives in today's society that must face various problems that were affected by internal and external factors according to the rapid changes, especially natural disasters that cause diseases caused by stress and anxiety, which cause immune system deficiency, physical and mental health problems, and were the cause of various diseases. The use of meditation therapy according to the Buddhist approach was an interesting concept of health promotion that can combine knowledge about meditation with modern medicine to create an integration to strengthen immunity, prevent and treat diseases effectively.