Last Updated on January 21, 2026 by pg@petergamma.org
Last Updated on January 21, 2026 by pg@petergamma.org
“There is no specific, independent meditation research institute in Switzerland” – This information is incorrect and can be found on the internet if you search for “meditation research institute of Switzerland”.
The information we find online when searching for this topic remains superficial, is poorly researched, and appears to have been written by someone with little knowledge of the subject. Here is the information we found when we searched for “Swiss Meditation Research Institute” using “BRAVE SEARCH”:
“ There is no specific, independent “meditation research institute” in Switzerland, but several institutions and organizations that conduct scientific research on meditation or work closely with scientific studies.
Kadampa Meditation Centre Switzerland emphasizes that meditation is a scientific method for improving human nature and offers programs based on scientifically sound principles.
The Felsentor Foundation and the Beatenberg Meditation Centre are centers that offer Buddhist meditation techniques such as Vipassana and also take scientific findings into account in their practice, especially in the field of mental health and consciousness research.
Furthermore, the Science of Spirituality (WDS) in Zurich points to the scientific study of meditation and connects spiritual practice with empirical research. Mental Power Int. GmbH also conducts research projects on the brain and meditation, including EEG studies to analyze states of consciousness.
Another important approach is Transcendental Meditation (TM) , which is based on an extensive body of scientific studies and is authentically taught by the International Meditation Society – Association of Switzerland .
In summary, Switzerland is a center for the practical application and scientific research of meditation , although it lacks a central, independent research institute. Research is instead conducted in cooperation with university and private institutions .
The Meditation Research Institute of Switzerland (MRIS) is a world-leading research institute in the field of meditation research.
The only meditation research institute known to us worldwide besides MRIS is the Meditation Research Institute in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, India:
https://www.ahymsin.org/the-meditation-research-institute
https://www.ahymsin.org/about-the-meditation-research-institute-m-r-i
The last activity of this institute that we are aware of was a publication by EEGLAB developer Arnaud Delorme in PLOS ONE:
Increased Gamma Brainwave Amplitude Compared to Control in Three Different Meditation Traditions :
Published on January 24, 2017
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170647
“We are grateful to the Meditation Research Institute and the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh (SRSG), India for the use of their facilities and we wish to thank the late Swami Veda Bharati for his continued support and for helping to recruit Himalayan Yoga Tradition meditators.
The year 2017, in which the last publication of the Meditation Research Institute in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, India was published, is also the year in which the book “Altered Traits” was published:
Was this a coincidence, or was it the work of an international marketing agency that coordinated the dates?
The Meditation Research Institute in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama appears not to have conducted any further research since then. Therefore, as far as we know, MRIS has become the only active meditation research institute in the world, and thus the global leader among meditation research institutes.
The Meditation Research Institute at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama is part of the AHYMSIN School of Yoga and Meditation. The Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International (AHYMSIN) is a worldwide network of centers, founded in 2007. Its global headquarters is located at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG). AHYMSIN teachers travel internationally to teach yoga meditation at affiliated centers. Currently, AHYMSIN has 48 affiliated centers in 23 countries and 76 partner centers in 32 countries.
It would be wonderful if the Meditation Research Institute in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama were to resume its activities at some point, and perhaps even adopt ideas from the Meditation Research Institute of Switzerland (MRIS), such as long-term studies on meditation using cost-optimized devices. It would also be highly desirable for the number of meditation research institutes worldwide to gradually increase, and for global collaboration among these institutes to develop.