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| Buddhist Understanding of Mental Affliction | ||
| 作者 | Disayavanish, Chamlong |
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| 出處題名 | International Conference on Buddhism and Science |
| 頁次 | 21 |
| 出版者 | The College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.crs.mahidol.ac.th/WebCRS_English/indexEnglish.htm |
| 出版地 | Thailand [泰國] |
| 資料類型 | 會議論文=Proceeding Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | mental affliction; mental disease; spiritual disease; ummattaka; latent mental defilements; four foundations of mindfulness |
| 摘要 | According to the Buddhist doctrine, there are two kinds of disease, namely bodily disease and mental disease. Every human being suffers from mental disease or mental affliction, except the arahants whose mental intoxicants (区sava) are completely destroyed. In Western psychology, particularly psychoanalysis, Freud did not believe in absolute mental health and he also maintained that human beings could not get rid of unconscious conflicts and “universal anxiety” In Buddhism, unconscious drives and basic anxiety are originated from deep-rooted mental defilements. An arahant is the worthy one who has achieved the supreme and absolute mental health because all latent mental defilements (anusaya) in one’s mind are totally eradicated. In Buddhist perspective, there are eight causes of mental affliction or “ummuttaka” in Pali, which in extreme cases may result in madness, insanity, or psychotic disorder. These causes include (1) kamummattaka: madness associated with greed (lobha), (2) kodhummattakka: madness associated with hatred (dosa), (3) mohummattaka: madness associated with delusion (moha), (4) di陈陈hummattaka: madness associated with wrong view, (5) pittummattaka: madness associated with organic diseases, (6) surummattaka: madness associated with alcohol and other intoxicants, (7) vyasanummattaka: madness associated with misfortunes and losses, and (8) yakkummattaka: madness associated with demon or evil spirit. Nowadays, diseases are categorized into three kinds: physical disease, mental disease, and spiritual disease. The original meaning of mental disease in the Buddhist teaching is compatible with that of spiritual disease. Since, mental disease or spiritual disease is caused by attachment to the five aggregates and latent mental defilements; the effective way to treat this disorder is the practice of insight meditation based on the four foundations of mindfulness. |
| 點閱次數 | 439 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.08 |
| 更新日期 | 2011.07.21 |
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