The current world is filled with fear and anxiety due to Corona virus (Covid-19). Everyday health problems are emerging related to Covid- 19. In addition to medical scientific solutions to health problems of the public, utility of religious teachings are tested. Healing is the ultimate goal of human spirituality. Healing is both mental and physical. The ways to achieve imperturbable mind are seen in the Buddhist tradition as the key to remain healthy. To achieve this mental stability, it requires a method. In order to overcome the mental distress, Buddhist practice of mindfulness has been scientifically proven effective. The objective of contemplative practices is to see the ultimate nature of human experience. In order to see the reality of human experience, early Buddhism analyses both the psychological and physical aspects. In the first place, early Buddhism texts deconstruct the belief and perception of human experience as self-subsistent entity and then observe the components of it as subject to change. The present paper attempts to examine how the revelation of reality of human experience by analysis helps the person to achieve wisdom. At the end of the analysis, there will be an attempt to apply the analytical wisdom to the context of Covid-19 with the purpose of examining the health benefits of such analysis. The study is carried out by investigating the analysis of human being given in the AnathāpiNDikovāda Sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya. The themes selected in the Sutta are examined and illustrated in terms of canonical teachings themselves. The conclusion will be reached that method of analyzing human experience is effective in bringing about healing in the individual. The scientific models of coping with the range of psychological issues caused by Covid-19, self-care and changing beliefs about the person, are in line with the analysis given in the selected Buddhist text and it will contribute to enhance the knowledge in dealing with such psychological issues, fear of infection, fear of death, anxiety and loneliness.
目次
1. Introduction 2. Nature of Human experience 3. Analysis 4. Wisdom 5. Wisdom as practice 6. Analytical Wisdom in the AnāthapiNDikovāda Sutta 6.1. Internal Senses 6.2. Sense-objects 6.3. Sense-consciousness 6.4. Sense–Contact (phassa) 6.5. Sense Feeling (vedanā) 6.6. Six Elements and Five Aggregates 6.7. Four Immaterial Realms 6.8. Existence here and beyond 6.9. The range of percepts
7.Analytical Wisdom , Covid-19, and Health
8.Conclusion
9.Abbreviations
Bibliography 1. Buddhist Canons 2. Books and Book Chapters 3. Journal and News Articles 4. Electronic Sources
