Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research: Transcending the Boundaries

ISBN-13: 9780415599344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 524 str.

D K Nauriyal

Opis

Explores the interface between Buddhist studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies. This title presents a collection of articles that illustrate the potential of Buddhist informed social sciences in the society, including insights into the nature of human consciousness.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  Part 1: An Understanding of Consciousness from Traditional Buddhist Philosophical Perspectives  1. The First-person Perspective in Postmodern Psychology  2. The Spiritual Significance of Emptiness in Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarik  3. A Comparative Study of the âlaya-vijñana as Seen from the Yogacara and Dzogchen Perspectives  4. Rangjung Dorje’s Variegations of Mind: Ordinary Awareness and Pristine Awareness in Tibetan Buddhist Literature  5. Nirvàõa and Neuroscience: The Self-Liberating Brain  6. Vacuum States of Consciousness: A Tibetan Buddhist View  7. The Co-Emergence of the Knower and the Known: A Comparison between Madhyamaka and Kant's Epistemology  8. The Bodhisattva’s Brain: Neuroscience and Happiness  9. The Co-arising of Self and Object, World, and Society: Buddhist and Scientific Approaches  10. Tibetan Buddhism and Jungian Psychology  Part 2: Mental Afflictions: Their Arising and Deconstruction  11. Mindfulness in the Pàli Nikàyas  12. The Transformative Impact of Non-Self  13. Tsong-kha-pa’s Gradual Path System for Ending Mental Afflictions and his Methods for Countering Anger  14. Western Science Meets Eastern Wisdom to Experience Bodily Feelings  15. Zen Koan and Mental Health: The Art of Not Deceiving Yourself  16. Buddhism in the West: The Primacy of Meditation Practice  17. Destructive Emotions  18. Finding the Middle Way: A Multi-Domain Model of Meditation in the Treatment of Compulsive Eating  19. Mindfulness Meditation in the Prevention and Treatment of Addictive Behaviours  20. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression  21. The Psychological Processes Underlying Mindfulness: Exploring the Link Between Buddhism and Modern Contextual Behavioural Psychology  22. Buddhist Practice and Emotional Intelligence: Finding the Convergence  23. Mindfulness and Enactment in Psychoanalysis  24. Contribution of Modern Psychological Methods to the Attainment of Buddhist Goals  Epilogue: Where We Are and Where We Are Likely to Go

O autorze

D.K. Nauriyal, Michael Drummond, Y.B. Lal