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The long history of silent meditation retreats and the individuals who helped shape them

  • Written by Daniel M. Stuart, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
The long history of silent meditation retreats and the individuals who helped shape themThe meditation pagoda at the International Meditation Centre in Rangoon, Burma, in 1961.Pariyatti

Silent retreats have become increasingly common in the United States in recent years.

To calm down and reset their nervous systems, people relinquish their phones and reading materials and commit to speaking at a bare minimum to learn practices of...

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