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A Buddhist View of Happiness |
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Ricard, Matthieu (著)
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| Source |
Journal of Law and Religion
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| Volume | v.29 n.1 |
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| Date | 2014.02 |
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| Pages | 14 - 29 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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https://www.cambridge.org/
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Buddhism; happiness; contemplative neuroscience; meditation; compassion |
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| Abstract | In Buddhism, happiness is achieved when a person can perceive the true nature of reality, unmodified by the mental constructs we superimpose upon it. This authentic happiness comes from having an exceptionally healthy state of mind that underlies and suffuses all emotional states and that embraces all the joys and sorrows that come one's way. The mental states necessary for authentic happiness are not simply found or happened upon. Rather, happiness is achieved through mental training that purges the mind of afflictive emotions, such as hatred and compulsive desire, which literally poison the mind, and above all through the eradication of ignorance. This article discusses the Buddhist conception of happiness and its attainment. In particular, the article addresses the methods and practices that Buddhism employs to train the mind to achieve authentic happiness and the recent developments in contemplative neuroscience that complement and advance these methods. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 14
Introduction 14
Our Own Happiness Can Only Be Achieved Through That of Others 16
Happiness and Pleasure 16
Suffering 17
The Four Truths of Suffering 18
Contemplating The Nature of The Mind 18
Emotions 19
What We Mean By "Negative Emotions" 20
Desire 21
Hatred 21
Ignorance: Clinging to The Notion of Self Undermines Happiness 21
Is It Possible to Free Ourselves of Negative Emotions? 23
The Use of Antidot 23
Freeing the Emotions 24
Ethics as the Science of Happiness 24
Where The Path Leads 25
Cultivating Happiness and The Dawn of Contemplative Neurosciences 26
A Global Benefits 27
Change Can Come at Any Age 27
Unlocking Our True Potential 28
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| ISSN | 07480814 (P); 21633088 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2013.9 |
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| Created date | 2023.10.11 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.11 |
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