Hypnosis and the Buddhist Vijnana-Only Doctrine - A Study based on the Alaya Vijnana Matrix
| Autor: | Ling-Tze Chao, 趙玲子 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 103 Hypnotherapy and hypnosis, with their special abilities to project people through time and space, seem to be making inroads in the scholarly exploration of the human mind, where, previously, experiments relied exclusively on high-tech instruments. As well, pioneers in the fields of cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience are starting to incorporate religious philosophies and spiritual beliefs into their theoretical framework, with the hope that this new approach may help them break through the impasse in the understanding of the human mind. According to the Buddhist Vijñāna-Only doctrine, the core of sentient existence is an eight-fold mental entity, known as the “eight vijñānas.” “The three realms are nothing but the mind and all phenomena arise from the vijñānas.” This notable Vijñāna-Only aphorism highlights the essence of its mind theory: all mental functions of sentient beings are enabled by the intimate inter-operation of the eight vijñānas, and that among these eight vijñānas, the eighth one is the immutable and eternal matrix in which all functional “seeds” of physical and mental phenomena are stored. This study attempts to explain the mental activities observed during hypnosis from the perspective of the eight-vijñāna theory of Vijñāna-Only Buddhism, a doctrinal system that may provide a valuable conceptual model for understanding the structure and functioning of the human mind. In support of the development of inter-disciplinary research, this study also seeks to integrate the intellectual paradigms of science, philosophy, religion, and spiritualism in the investigation of neural transmission and the processing of sensory data. This integrative approach may generate findings that could lead to the diversification of psychotherapeutic treatments, or even, to the unravelling of the origin of human existence. |
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