Creating an EEC Meditation Network

Abstract

            This research article aimed to propose the creation of a meditation network in the EEC, with the EEC meditation cooperation as the goal and the indicators including temples, monasteries, or meditation centers in the EEC area and agencies whose personnel participated in the research project in collaboration   with Burapha University. This was  qualitative research. The key informants were 15 volunteers who trained in the EEC meditation course. Data were collected from focus group discussions and analyzed using content analysis. The research results found that the creation of the EEC meditation network consisted of Burapha University by researchers in collaboration with the 28th meditation center in Chonburi Province by the meditation masters and 15 volunteers who participated in focus group discussions, consisting of 1) 2 civil servants, 2) 4 business owners or private businessowners, 3) 1 student, 4) 4 company employees, 5) 1 nurse, and 6) 3 housewives, whose offices or homes were located in Rayong, Chonburi, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, and Toronto, Canada. The first two agencies acted as donors, and the representatives of the latter agencies acted as receivers, making the network resemble a circle or a star surrounding the moon.