| Titel: | Psychological outlines of early Buddhism |
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| Autor: | Deo, JM |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Indian Psychology |
| Jahr: | 2003 |
| Band: | 21 |
| Heft: | 1 |
| Seiten: | --- |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | An attempt has been made in the present paper to highlight the 'psychological sagacity' of the early Buddhists who in their attempt to focus on the human potential for growth and betterment paid due attention to many aspects of human behaviour such as sila (morality), samadhi (concentration), panna (wisdom), citta (mind), dukka (suffering), sanna (perception), vedana (sensation), and vinnana (cognition/conciousness) etc. Early Buddhism is based upon the original teachings of the Buddha. He wrote no ethical or religions treaties, nor did he help develop any school of psychological thought. Since the main objective of the early Buddhist thought is to explain the facts of life as they are, and thereby teach how one can attain freedom from the evils of live by leading a disciplined and virtuous life, the psychology that one come across in the early Buddhist texts is only a by-product of an inquiry undertaken for mainly religio-phylosophical purposes. With a view to indicate as to how fully the workings of the human mind have been dealt with in early Buddhism, this paper outlines the early Buddhist conceptualizations of two basic psychological aspects of human behaviour, namely, perception and emotion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2003 APA, all rights reserved) |