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Interpretation of the Movie “Peaceful Warrior” From the Views of Ch’an Philosophy and Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) |
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Hsu, Ho-ling
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International Journal of Philosophical Practice(IJPP)
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| Volume | v.3 n.4 |
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| Date | 2015.09 |
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| Pages | 3-1-1 - 3-1-22 |
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| Location | US [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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| Note | Author Affiliations: Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Religious Studies, Fo Guang University, Taiwan |
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| Keyword | Ch’an; Logic-Based Therapy (LBT); philosophical counseling; Peaceful Warrior |
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| Abstract | The American movie, “Peaceful Warrior” (2006), starring Scott Mechlowicz and Nick
Nolte, is a story about an outstanding athlete’s perplexities and anxieties. The main character in the
movie, Dan Millman, aggressively pushes his performance in order to become a top athlete. As a
result, he develops feelings of perplexity and anxiety, and suffers daily from these problems, leading
to insomnia. The other character in the movie, Socrates, who works at a gas station, is like a
philosopher. Socrates not only helps others to feel better, he can also help himself; in other words,
he provides philosophical counseling services. In this paper, I utilize a combination of Buddhist
philosophy and Logic-based Therapy (LBT) to interpret and analyze scenarios from this Movie,
hoping to provide materials for philosophical counseling. The Buddhist philosophy I use includes
the Ch’an philosophies of attachment, contemplation, greed, animosity, ignorance, non-duality, and
meditation. The Five Steps of Logic-Based Therapy I incorporate include: (1) identifying the
counselee’s emotional reasoning; (2) identifying any irrational premises; (3) refuting any irrational
premises; (4) finding antidotes to the refuted premises; and (5) exercising willpower in overcoming
cognitive dissonance.
There are six aspects that I address in this paper. The first is the anxieties of the Movie’s main
character, Dan. The second is the philosophical counseling approach attained by combining Ch’an
philosophy and Logic-based Therapy. The third is “knowing the dissatisfactions,” i.e. the process
of finding one’s emotional reasoning/irrational premises. The fourth is “terminating the causes (of
the dissatisfactions),” i.e. refuting the irrational premises. The fifth is “cultivating the path,” i.e.
finding an antidote to the refuted premises. And the sixth aspect is “realizing the cessation
(awakening),” i.e., exercising willpower in overcoming cognitive dissonance. |
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| Table of contents | I. An Athlete’s Anxieties in the “Peaceful Warrior” 3-1-2
II. Philosophical Counseling with Ch’an and LBT 3-1-4
III. Knowing the Dissatisfactions—Process of Emotional Reasoning/Irrational Premises 3-1-5
IV. Terminating the Causes (of the Dissatisfactions)—Refuting the Irrational Premises 3-1-11
V. Cultivating the Path—Finding an Antidote to the Refuted Premises 3-1-14
VI. Realizing the Cessation (Awakening)—Exercising Willpower in Overcoming Cognitive Dissonance. 3-1-18
VII. Conclusion 3-1-21 |
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| Created date | 2020.11.03 |
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| Modified date | 2020.11.26 |
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