The Value Of Zen Buddhism For Maintaining Psychological Health

Mental health is important topic that people have been concerned recently. And the questions of human’s mental health were concerned and researched by the countries over the years. The goal of psychotherapy often point at people’s spirit life, which can make people control their own behavior, transform their unhealthy behavior, make people’s spiritual life get better. Zen of Buddhism is one of the best practical method can adjust people individual thought, help them recognize their own internal perfectly.Nowadays, psychological therapy for the treatment of patients have been used more widely. Psychiatrists use different psychological therapy method and combine it together for applications, as well as applicate it in medical treatment method. This thesis, through the adjustment of psychological problems in Buddhist Zen combine with modern psychotherapy research, bring up new method for human mental health, and raise supplement therapy method for modern psychology.Of the thesis, based on Zen’s main ideas, use the method of literature summarizing, interview survey, comparative approach etc. Compare Zen’s Thought with other modern mental psychotherapy methods.The article consists of four parts. Clarify the forming of Zen’s Thought and the important ideas about mental health; then defining the key theories about mind in Zen; finally introducing how to use the thoughts and skills of Zen to promote individuals’ mental health.