Psychological Analysis of the Vitakkasanthana Sutta

Buddhist Studies Review 18 (1):65-72 (2001)
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This paper examines the Vitakkasanthana Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya from a psychological perspective. This discourse deals with unwanted, intrusive cognitions that interfere with one’s meditative efforts. Five strategies for dealing with these are given, presented in an hierarchical order. The paper elucidates and comments on these, with special reference to the techniques used, in present day clinical psychology and psychiatry, to counter intrusions/obsessions.

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10.1558/bsrv.v18i1.14468

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