Buddhism and Western Psychology

Western psychology and Buddhist Western psychology are interested in human behavior, emotions, understanding of negative aspects of mind, and surveys that have changed them to some extent. According to the definition of Western psychology, Buddhist research method of mind is unscientific. It does not concern the laboratory situation, the separation of controllers or experimenters from subjects, and "objectivity" in a fair sense (Nettle, 2005).

Buddhism and science are considered to be compatible by many writers. Some philosophical and psychological doctrines found in Buddhism have something in common with modern Western science and philosophy. For example, Buddhism encourages fair investigation of nature (known as Dhamma-Vicaya in Pali Classic) - the main objective of this research is itself. Buddhism and science also emphasize the causal relationship. However, Buddhism does not focus on materialism.

In modern times, the development of Western Buddhism which was influenced by modern psychology and Western philosophy, the rise of Buddhism modernism and humanitarian Buddhism under the influence of the West. Important representatives of Buddhist modernism include Anagarica Dalmapara (1864-1933) and American Henry Steel Olcott, Chinese modernist Taixu (1890-1947), Shinho (1906-2005), Zen scholar DT Suzuki There is Tibetan Gendün Chöphel (1903). 1951) Buddhism Modernism is the form of Buddhism that comes into contact with mainstream culture and contemporary intellectual forces. The power that influences modernists such as Dhammapala and Yin Shun includes values ​​of enlightenment and Western science. Influential Indian Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar created a new Buddhist movement in the 1950s and emphasized social and political reforms.