Study of Mysticism in Chinese Buddhist Monks and Nuns - Codebook

All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) SEX (SEX)

	TOTAL	%
0) Nun	46	33.1
1) Monk	93	66.9
Total	139	100.0

2) Buddhist school (SECT)

	TOTAL	%
0) Pure Land	69	49.6
1) Chan	70	50.4
Total	139	100.0

3) Age (AGE)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	82	51.11	13.45

4) Years of practicing Buddhism (YEARS)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	90	19.73	10.57

5) Ego loss: Dissolution of selfhood (EGOLOSS)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	38	28.6
1) Has had this experience	95	71.4
Missing	6
Total	133	100.0

6) Timelessness spacelessness: A non-spatiotemporal sense (TIMESPAC)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	36	35.3
1) Has had this experience	66	64.7
Missing	37
Total	102	100.0

7) Intro unity: Unity of oneself with the world (IUNITY)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	46	51.7
1) Has had this experience	43	48.3
Missing	50
Total	89	100.0

8) Extro unity: A unifying vision of all things as one (EXUNITY)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	35	29.4
1) Has had this experience	84	70.6
Missing	20
Total	119	100.0

9) Inner subjectivity: A concrete apprehension of the 'One' as life in all things (INNERSUB)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	11	9.0
1) Has had this experience	111	91.0
Missing	17
Total	122	100.0

10) Ineffability: The experience alleged by mystics to be ineffable (INEFFABL)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	15	17.6
1) Has had this experience	70	82.4
Missing	54
Total	85	100.0

11) Positive affect: Blessedness and peace (PAFFECT)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	13	11.8
1) Has had this experience	97	88.2
Missing	29
Total	110	100.0

12) Sacredness: Feeling of the holy (SACRED)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	47	44.3
1) Has had this experience	59	55.7
Missing	33
Total	106	100.0

13) Noetic quality: Sense of objectivity or reality (NOETIC)

	TOTAL	%
0) Has not had this experience	21	24.1
1) Has had this experience	66	75.9
Missing	52
Total	87	100.0

14) Age (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-AGE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 18 to 29	3	3.7
2) 30 to 39	9	11.0
3) 40 to 49	25	30.5
4) 50 to 64	29	35.4
5) 65 or older	16	19.5
Missing	57
Total	82	100.0

15) Buddhist school (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-RELIGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Pure Land sect	69	49.6
2) Chan sect	70	50.4
Total	139	100.0

16) SEX (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Nun (female)	46	33.1
2) Monk (male)	93	66.9
Total	139	100.0