Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;48(5):675-83. doi: 10.1177/1363461511418394. Epub 2011 Oct 20.
Buddhist practices have been increasingly influencing psychotherapy. For over 20 centuries, Buddhism has been the religion of a majority of Sri Lankans. However, there is little documentation of the use of Buddhist practices in psychotherapy in Sri Lanka. This paper presents a case study in which Theravadan Buddhist mindfulness meditation and cognitive therapy practices were used in the treatment of a client with depressive disorder. The paper also summarizes the influence of Buddhist concepts and mindfulness meditation on psychotherapy and illustrate how Buddhist doctrine and practices can be considered a psychotherapeutic method.
佛教修行越来越多地影响到心理治疗。20 多个世纪以来，佛教一直是斯里兰卡大多数人的宗教。然而，在斯里兰卡，很少有将佛教修行应用于心理治疗的文献记载。本文提出了一个案例研究，其中采用了上座部佛教正念冥想和认知疗法来治疗一位患有抑郁症的患者。本文还总结了佛教观念和正念冥想对心理治疗的影响，并举例说明了佛教教义和修行如何被视为一种心理治疗方法。
