Characteristics of Buddhist Psychology

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  • Gerald Virtbauer Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität

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https://doi.org/10.15135/2014.2.1.1-9

Abstract

Five characteristics of Buddhist psychology are explained — Buddhist psychology as a psychological, phenomenological, pragmatic, empirical, and therapeutic system. This explanation facilitates the understanding of the importance of indigenous Buddhist psychology within current psychotherapy science.

Author Biography

Gerald Virtbauer, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität

Psychologist (DPhil, UVienna) and psychologist of religion (Eu-roDPsyRel, ULouvain) with the SFU De-partment of Transcultural and Historical Research in Psychotherapy specialising in transcultural mental health.

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