Author affiliation: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
關鍵詞
gestalt; ego; dependent origination; psychology
摘要
Buddhist translators and teachers commonly use the term ‘ego’ to depict and elucidate Buddhist concepts. But when we examine how they use the term it is found to be poorly defi ned and of many divergent meanings. In the psychological sense, according to the standard Freudian interpretation, ego has a very clear, specifi c meaning, which is very different to the way people commonly understand. At the same time as Freud was popularizing his theories, another school of psychology called Gestalt also had an alternative ego theory. In this paper will be analyzed the meaning of ‘ego’ as Freud intended it, how it is commonly interpreted by non-psychologists, and how the Gestalt school understood it. Each defi nition will be compared to Buddhism to fi nd the common and divergent points. Finally will be shown how the Gestalt interpretation fi ts with dependent origination.
目次
Introduction 89 Ego in Everyday Use 90 Modern Interpretations of ‘Ego’ in Buddhist Texts 91 The Ego in Freudian Psychology 92 Anxiety and Neurosis 93 The Ego After Freud 95 Definitions of Ego and Sutta Counterparts 95 Gestalt Analysis of Ego 98 Ego as a Gestalten 101 The End of Gestalt Objects 103 Conclusion 104
