Ego theory posits that our personality consists of three interconnected aspects. The first is the (often referred to as ‘Pak’ in some contexts), which houses our primal desires and is driven by the pursuit of pleasure. Studies indicate that meditation effectively helps manage chronic pain; individuals suffering from chronic pain who practice meditation regularly are able to live with pain that is manageable. To understand the Buddhist perspective on meditation, we must start from the beginning—specifically, the life of the Buddha, approximately 2,615 years ago. In recent decades, meditation has been studied within psychotherapy literature and incorporated into psychotherapeutic treatments. As therapists who find meditation compatible with our Christian-based treatment approach, we have successfully demonstrated the integration of meditation and psychotherapy. Numerous scientific studies on meditation have been surveyed to evaluate claims regarding the effects of the complex and multidimensional array of practices collectively known as meditation. Senior monastics observe the Three Refuges and the Ten Precepts (or training rules). Male monastics are required to follow 227 Vinaya rules, while female monastics must adhere to 311 Vinaya rules, as prescribed by our Dhamma teacher, Gautama Buddha. It is also known that brainwaves—such as beta, gamma, theta, delta, and alpha—fluctuate in response to our activities and mental states