Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Mental Healing 佛教心靈哲學與心理治療

This is a wonderful course, which hold by

beautiful and knowledgeable Prof Ju-En Chien( 簡汝恩 老師 )

and dashing and knowledgeable Prof Ujjwal Kumar. 

First, 

Prof Ju-En introduce the Pratītyasamutpāda (緣起) and Cetanā (思), 

and then,

Prof Kumar explain what are Avijjā(無明), Saṅkhāra(行蘊), Vijñāna(識), nāma-rūpa(名色), Saḷāyatana(六入處), Phassa(觸), Vedanā(受), Taṇhā(愛), Upādāna(取), Bhava(有), Jāti(生), Jarāmaraṇa(老死), those are the idappaccayatā(此緣性).

Prof Ju-En talks about how the twelve links of dependent origination, and cycle of rebirth which are the called Saṃsāra, there are six kinds of life, and liberation from rebirth called Nirvana , and the three realms which are formless realm,elemental form realm, and sense-desire realm, and Karma(業, 巴利語:kamma) play the important role of it. 

Prof Kumar explained the detail of Karma, kāya kamma(physical actions 身業), vacī kamma(verbal actions 口業), mano kamma(mental actions 意業). And the kammaniyāmam (principle of action), utuniyāmam(principle of seasons), bījaniyāmam(principle of seeds),cittaniyāmam(principle of minds), dhammaniyāmam(principle of nature).

Prof Ju-En introduce the trīņilakșaņa(three marks 三法印) of Buddhism, which are Anicca(impermanence 無常), Duhkha(suffering 苦), Anātman(non-self 無我).

Prof Kumar introduces the Moksha(解脫) difference between Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, Buddhism is about Non-self( Anātma 無我), Jainism is about Soul, and Hinduism is about Atman(梵我).