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This research aims at examining the space necessary to go into meditation by approaching the positive emotions of the ideas about the nature of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism inherent in traditional architecture. The space to go into meditation with the combination of the following interpretational results of architecture and the positive emotions is as follows. First, Confucian architecture with Dosan Seodang in the background has the sense of space with the positive emotions of frugality and modesty, flexibility about four seasons, and simplicity friendly to the nature and one can come close to the space to go into meditation of the 'asceticism' of sitting in contemplation. Second, the architecture of Buddhist temple with a main temple in the background has the sense of space with the positive emotions of cleanness and sanctity of the place, fresh emptiness of a building, and the restrained comfort through homogeneity, and one can approach the space to go into 'practice' meditation of sitting up straight and contemplation. Third, Bulguksa has the sense of space with the positive emotions of trust in the national Zen temple, interestingly diverse temporality, and composure of architectural stroll, and one can go close to the space to go into meditation for 'training' of walking contemplation through intentionally slow steps. Therefore, meditation needs to be defined with the original setting of Asian ideas. It has to be examined as the notion including the key words of Confucian ‘asceticism’, Buddhist 'practice', and Zen ‘training'.