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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
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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
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Buddhism and personality
concepts
Buddhism and personality
concepts
Buddhism and personality
concepts
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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
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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
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Chapter review
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