Misunderstandings in Meditation Research and Rectification ofIts Psychological Mechanism(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2020年01期
- Page:
- 68-77
- Research Field:
- 心理学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Misunderstandings in Meditation Research and Rectification ofIts Psychological Mechanism
- Author(s):
- PENG Yanqin
- Keywords:
- meditation; samatha; vipassana; focused attention meditation; open monitoring meditation; sila
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- Buddhist meditation includes samatha and vipassana, which western scholars define as focused attention meditation and open monitoring meditation. However, there is a bias in the understanding and operation of meditation research. In oder to correct the misunderstandings, this paper puts forward the following views, which are based on the traditional buddhist meditation system:(1)Attention is the mechanism of samatha, the samatha technology has a complete classification system, and samadhi is the ultimate goal of samatha;(2)The psychological mechanism of vipassana not only contains the observation of the present, but also contains reflexive awareness; buddhist meditation provides a practical and effective operation method, which will be an empirical one hopefully;(3)Sila is a psychological protection mechanism for meditation practice, which is used to adjust physical and mental state and avoid psychological problems.
Last Update: 2020-02-15