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

 In 7-1 section, Prof Ujjwal Kumar will introduce mindfulness and its four bases. Which is Sati and four Satipatthāna.

7-2 section, Prof Ujjwal Kumar talks more about the Sati and Satipatthāna. Sati means mindfulness, attentiveness, and detached watching. Also sati implies non-carelessness, non-negligence, non-distraction, non-confusion. Satipatthāna is from Digha Nikaya and Majjhima Nikaya. The Maha Satipatthāna sutra of the Digha Nikaya is a more extended version, which includes an additional section on the four Noble truths. The Satipatthāna sutra of the Majjhima Nikaya is more concise and mainly on meditation instructions. Satipatthāna can be translated as “presence of mindfulness” or “attending with mindfulness”. The four foundations of mindfulness are body(kāya),feeling(vedanā), mind(citta), and mental objects(dhamma), they are the primary objects for the practice in Buddhist tradition. Sati is crucial to the Noble Eightfold Path, which is vital for achieving wisdom(paññā).

7-3 section, Prof Ujjwal Kumar talks about four foundations of mindfulness. There are mindfulness of the body(kayanupassana), feelings(vedananupassana), mind(cittanupassana), and mental objects(dhammanupassana). 

7-4 section, Prof talks in more detail about the mindfulness of mind, Which is observing one’s mind with or without lust(raga),anger(dosa),and delusion(moha). Moreover, the mindfulness of mental objects, which involves observing various mental phenomena and categories of experience.

7-5 section, Prof talks about practical applications of mindfulness in everyday activities and scientific research.