Dependent origination (Abhidhamma way out of the erratic neurotic circle)

Vol.2,No.3-4(2008)

Abstract

This article presents a model of dependent origination of body and mental phenomena, which according to the ethical-psychological system of Abhidhamma creates a stream of human consciousness and within it our everyday experience of the world and of ourselves. It shows on examples how this model can be used inpsychotherapeutic practice 1)for understanding of mechanisms leading to circular undesirable behavior and experiencing and2)for subsequent inducing psychotherapeutic change. There is acase fragment presented at the end of this article.


Keywords:
Abhidhamma; buddhism; dependent origination; mindfulness–based psychotherapy; satitherapy
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