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    10/30/08

    Personality
    Psychology

    Psychology 370
    Sheila K. Grant, Ph.D.
    Professor
    California State University,
    Northridge

    CHAPTER
    SIXTEEN

    BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
    Lessons from eastern
    Culture

    Chapter Overview

     The relevance of Buddhism for


    Personality Psychology
     A brief history of Buddhism
     The Buddhist worldview: The four
    noble truths
     Buddhism and personality concepts
     Spiritual practice
     Buddhism and psychotherapy
     The importance of the dialogue, and
    some cautions

    1
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    Preview of Buddhist Psychology

    The relevance of Buddhism for


    Personality Psychology

      Ways of knowing about reality


    based on personal experience
      Concepts contribute to
    enhancing psychotherapy and
    personality theory

    A brief history of Buddhism

      Siddhartha Gautama
      Buddha
      Rebirth
      Mahayana Buddhism
      Zen Buddhism
      Enlightenment

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    The Buddhist worldview:


    The four noble truths

    The first noble truth:


    There is suffering

    The Buddhist worldview:


    The four noble truths

    The second noble truth:


    The origin of suffering

    The Buddhist worldview:


    The four noble truths

    The third noble truth:


    The end of suffering

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    The Buddhist worldview:


    The four noble truths

    The fourth noble truth:


    The eightfold path

    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    4
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    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    5
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    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    Buddhism and personality


    concepts

    Spiritual practice

    • Yoga
    • Directed by a guru
    • Koans

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    Spiritual practice

    Meditation

      Meditation
      Concentrative
    meditation
      Mindfulness meditation
      Zazen

    Meditation
      The Process of Meditation
      Meditation and the control
    of attention and perception
     The 17 moments of perception
      Brain measurements during
    meditation
     Habituation
     Processing emotional stimuli

    7
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    Psychological and health effects


    of meditation

    Buddhism and psychotherapy

    • Applications to psychotherapy
    • Motivation and desire: Understanding and
    treating addiction
    • Hungry ghosts

    The importance of the dialogue,


    and some cautions

    Dialogue between
    religion and science

    8
    10/30/08

    Chapter review

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