Karin L. Meyers is an Independent Scholar living in Barre, MA, USA.
關鍵詞
Buddhism; free will; meditation; self
摘要
In Buddhism, Meditation and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom, Rick Repetti explains how the dynamics of Buddhist meditation can result in a kind of metacognition and metavolitional control that exceeds what is required for free will and defeats the most powerful forms of free will skepticism. This article argues that although the Buddhist path requires and enhances the kind of mental and volitional control Repetti describes, the central dynamic of the path and meditation is better understood as a process of habituation. This not only involves the dis-identification from mental and emotional content that Repetti discusses—and is commonly emphasized in modern presentations of mindfulness or insight (vipassanā) meditation—but also a transformation of the heart that is effected through the complementary psychological and somatic qualities associated with calm abiding (samatha) and concentration (samādhi) and emphasized in the Pali Nikāyas and commentaries.
目次
Abstract 519 Moral Responsibility and Desert in Light of Buddhist Soteriology 522 Agency And No-Self 523 Buddhist Soft-Compatiblism, Dharma-Responsiveness, And Source Autonomy 525 Mental Freedom and Freedom of the (Loving) Heart 526 Right View and Meditation in The Buddhist Path 527 Small “D” Dharma-Responsiveness 530 Freedom In the Vassakāra Sutta 531 Concentration And Freedom of The Heart 533 Conclusion 536 Notes 536 References 537
