Zen Wisdom And Its Modern Significances

Zen wisdom inherits the tradition of India Buddhism and operates new area of Buddhism in China.Due to the popular of Zen wisdom in Tang and Song dynasty,India Buddhism thoughts become an important part of Chinese culture,which has deep influence in the shaping of people's cultural psychology.Zen wisdom contains rich psychological thoughts for it helps to develop your minds,seek relief and promote mental health by exploring Zen thoughts,which has great application in modern society.Buddhist psychology has been explored a lot in both China and abroad in order to be used in modern psychology.Professor Chen Bing's Buddhist Psychology and mindfulness therapy represents the studies.Considering the positive effect of mindfulness therapy,it can be known that there are many psychological resources that need to be studied especially the mind wisdom in Zen wisdom.Zen wisdom includes rich thoughts related to mind,which is not emphasized by scholars.Then,this dissertation gives explanation and interpretation about Zen wisdom,which has great application and theoretical value in mood management,mind adjustment and advancement.The first chapter focuses on the interpretation of Zen wisdom from the perspective of prajna ignorance,the mind wisdom,refuting false tenets,substance and function of alaya-vijnana and the mind as an agent of enlightenment.It explains the concept of mind through prajna ignorance and the mind wisdom and summarizes it as the mental ground as dhama-door.In the aspect of refuting false tenets and non-duality madhyamapratipad,it,based on Zen texts,explores the madhyamapratipad that the phenomenal and the noumenal are identical.It interprets the thoughts of substance and function of alaya-vijnana through the nature and its phenomenal expression of the mind and jnana and vijnana.Under modern vision and context of Zen wisdom,professor Lai Yonghai believes that multidimensional and pluralistic thinking are modern interpretation of Zen wisdom.Then,what is multidimensional thinking and how it becomes possible and what is its significance and how to cultivate multidimensional thinking?This dissertation tries to answer these questions.The second chapter discusses the value and application of Zen wisdom on emotion management.Emotional management can be divided into three dimensions:emotional awareness,emotional expression and regulation.In the dimension of emotional awareness,connected with the concept of awareness,this dissertation discusses the application of self-awareness and vipassana.On the dimension of emotional expression,non-self,listening,Loving-Kindness meditation and empathy can be used to cultivate the ability of understanding others' emotions.Based on that,emotional disturbance can be prevented and resolved through expression and communication.On the emotional regulation,combined with positive psychology,it discusses how to increase positive emotion,reduce negative emotions and explains the role of good karma in emotional transformation.What is more,it also discusses how to increase the rate of positive mood through positive thinking.The third chapter discusses the value and application of Zen wisdom in psychological adjustment.Zen believes that the best way lies in the finding of true mind and self.On the one hand,it discusses the importance of analyzing oneself and the value of real nature,soul,real ego in psychological adjustment.On the other hand,it uses the example of vipassana meditation,mindfulness meditation and life chan to explain the combination of meditation practice and psychological adjustment so as to achieve the effect of mindfulness meditation and vipassana meditation.What is more,it also expounds the value of Zen wisdom in emotional adjustment.The fourth chapter discusses the application and value of Zen wisdom in promoting the state of mind.Mind promotion and mind as shunyata comes from true self.The dissertation discusses the enlightenment of bodhisattva in the advancement of mind.Self-actualized and self-nature represent highest state in both China and abroad.The dissertation compares their difference and sameness and finds the connection among problem-centered and anatman;peak experience and nirvana joy;identity with mankind and the genuine heart of bodhichitta.Their difference lies in the self-transcendence and the spiritual self characteristics of self-nature.The fifth chapter focuses on Zen wisdom and psychotherapy and solves the following questions.First,it compares the mind-nature theory of the platform sutra and Frankl's logotherapy and interprets it through the dimension of primal purity of mind-nature,freedom of will,paradoxical intention,which deepen the understanding of mindfulness meditation of the platform sutra.Second,it compares the similarities and differences of the platform sutra's theory of mind nature and Rogers' personal center therapy.It interprets them from the perspective of lost,condition of worth and so on.Third,based on Zen Therapy,it summarizes the Zen therapy from the aspects of maitri,Karuna and prajna.In the field of Zen therapy,based on their own experience,Western therapist conduct practice and exploration and makes great interpretations.Based on David Brazier,it discusses the theme of Zen therapy.As the combination of Zen wisdom and psychological therapy,studies on Zen therapy have been achieved a lot.If western therapy can improve the depth and vision of Zen wisdom,more studies can be done,which will enrich Zen culture.