Zen And Modern Psychotherapy

Zen, is the most beautiful creature combined by Chinese and Indian culture by thousands years .Zen is one important sect of 8 sects in Chinese Buddhism .Zen pays much more attention to hanuman beings' life and mind, it proposes the inner wisdom of people.Zen represents the religion thoughts of Six Broom in China .It also brings important influence to world culture. Zen, springs from Tang dynasty, plays utmost role in thought history and cultural history of Chinese even other Asia countries.Recently, psychological therapy is in the trend of integration obviously, which means to put combined psychological therapies into practice. The practical meaning of integration is to treat people as an open system of biopsychological society, which asserts to adapt integrated interference to patients in various levels, thus to connect each levels and take advantage of it.Although Zen is an old legend, for there are many function of Zen: opens brain and mind, firms willpower, enlightens intellect, reconciles spirit, dispels worry, strengthens endurance, improves habit, tempers and steels oneself, exalts the power of understanding. It should be a tool to create good life for modern people. Related contrasting study that cross the cultures shows us that the use of Zen not only consists with modern healthy idea, but also be full of the thoughts of modern Psychoanalysis therapy, humanist therapy, Cognition therapy, Field therapy . All of these show the essence of modern psychological therapy are consistent with Zen and Buddhism allegory closely and magically. Meanwhile Zen itself is a psychological therapy with energy and special wisdom fully.The first part of the thesis defines the "Zen", shows the development process of it from Da Mo to Hui Neng when it passed from India to China, and introduce its influence to Chinese tradition psychology culture and the world's psychology culture.The second part proposes that Sedentary can calm down our disordered mind which makes us breathe peacefully and blood smoothly, thus to remove the disease while build body, and free from worry. Thus Sedentary is the basic way of nourishing.The third part compares the Zen with various modern psychotherapies.Zen and psychoanalysis therapy; The same parts of the two are: both of them are to mind problem, the aim is to help people to become more clarified and stable; the difference is the degree of clarification. Psychoanalysis therapy is the scientific mean to save people, rather than be religionary; Zen is the oriental wisdom, whereas the Psychoanalysis therapy is from western. Zen is the mystical thinking wisdom to free human nature from worry and anxiety. Above all, Psychoanalysis therapy is based on psychotherapy and to be self-actualization by others' persuasion, Zen is based on the way of spirit salvation and self-actualization.Zen and humanist therapy; Maslow's humanist therapy propose "the need to be self-actualization" which is to find that "me", whereas the meaning of Zen's "come back" is to find that "me", the aim of the two is same. Of course, the Zen isn't only limited to find "me", but also to beyond "me", the final aim of Zen is to find the "not me" behind"me". So the degree of Zen will be more penetrating and profound.Rogers' person-centered is consistent with Zen's apperception.Zen and recognition therapy; Recognition therapy decide what people will behave when they are facing different stimulator, Facing the same stimulator, some of people can react normally but some not ,the reason is " maladjusted recognition"."Inproper-though" exists in Hui Neng is the wrong recognitive way emphasized in Recognition therapy. Hui Neng point out that "There is a savvy in all the Dharma, the wise-partner can help ours to open the real Dharma, and exterminate improper-though. Thus,the savvy in always extist in all the Dharma." This wise-parter is the Buddhist monk who help ours to realize the savvy, and Recognition therapy is to wise-parter. But what's the "Inproper-though"? In the Recognition therapy, this "Inproper-though" means "unreal recognition".Zen and field therapy; the concept of "following nature" in Field therapy is to make patient admit their sympotom, and accept their true situation. It is almost same as Zen's "normal heart". "Normal heart" means "sleeping while sleepily, sitting while tired, enjoy the cool while hot, nurse a fire while cold", which have the function to harmonize psychosis.The Field therapy pay attention to "do it ought to be done", which focus on action and goal. But Zen emphasize on pure self nature, look at oneself as it's nature. Learning Zen may neglect ordinarily job,public business,homework, manage and interpersonal network, in this point the Field therapy may remedy the fraud. In Tang Dynasty, bai'zhang Buddhist monk implement the system------"one day not to work, one day not to eat", make a person to be a natural man with the characteristic "following nature, do it ought to done" spontaneously.Compared the Psychoanalysis therapy, humanist therapy, Cognition therapy, Field therapy with Zen in more detail way, we can not only see the similarity but also the over between Zen and others.By analyzing the former third parts, the fourth part make the conclusion that combining the Zen with modern psychological therapy will do good to built more perfect psychological treating model. Bring Zen into nowadays will cause a more harmonious society. We should know and carry forward Zen, and make it dedicate to human beings' psycho-health, settle down and get on with one's pursuit and mental civilization construction.