Psychology & Buddhism.pdf

Subject Index 303
Nichiren Buddhism (cont.)
application to addiction recovery, 121
basic teachings of, 35–37
belief system of, 284
core philosophy of, 37
empowerment and stress resistance potential
of, 175
challenge component of, 183–184
commitment component of, 180–181
control component of, 181–183
implication for research and action, 184–
185
enlightenment in, 113
historical background of, 34–35
as Mahayana Buddhism, 34
Nine Consciousnesses of, 35–36
practices of, 37
stress resistance and, 179–181
Ten Worlds doctrine of, 35–36, 231–232
application to addiction , 116–118
Nichiren Daishonin, 109, 113, 119, 183, 244
On attaining Buddhahood, 35
as founder of Nichiren Buddhism, 34–35
Happiness in This World, 183
on interdependence with the environment,
182
life of, 34
Nichiren Shoshu School, 111
Nihilism, 77, 81–83
relationship with absolutism, 81–87, 88–90
Nine consciousnesses, of Nichiren Buddhism,
35–36
Nirvana
attainment through vipassana meditation, 25
definition of, 21
individual attainment of, 224
Western psychoanalysts’ interpretation of, 49
Noah, 233–234
Nobel Peace Prize, Dalai Lama as recipient of,
265, 268
Noble Eightfold Path, 21, 22, 148–149, 202
“No mind” doctrine, 47, 62
Nonduality, of life, 243–245
Nonsentient beings, 233, 241, 242
Buddha-Nature of, 241–242
Nonviolence, as Buddhist ethic, 268
Norberg-Hodge, Helena, 192, 193
Not-self, 25–26, 27, 109, 146, 222, 225
Western concept of, 181
Nuclear disarmament, 192
Nuclear Guardianship Project, 192
Nunneries, Buddhist, 263
Nuns, Buddhist, 166, 232
Nyingmapa order, of Tibetan Lamas, 27
O-bai-tor-i, 186–187
Objectivity, of psychology, 278
Object relations theory, 108, 109–110
On attaining Buddhahood (Nichiren
Daishonin), 35
Ontology, relationship with formation, 241
Organizations, empowering, 176, 185–191
Orientalism, psychodynamic, 46–51, 66
Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of
Neurosis (Horney), 56
Oxford Group, 208
Oxford House, 208–210
Pain, differentiated from suffering, 126
Pali language, 24, 162, 167
Paradigms, scientific, 132–133, 134
Paramitas, Six, 76
Pasenadi, 262
Peace
bodhisattvas’ contributions toward, 232–233
as Buddhist goal, 277–278, 279
Buddhist initiatives for, 210–211
Dalai Lama on, 268–269
religion as vehicle for, 277
social, 264
Peace movement, Buddhist, 35
Peacework, 265
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Freire), 176
Perception, 163–164, 242
Personality traits, 26
Phenomena, transient, 109
Phenomenological seeing, 154, 155
Plants, Buddha-Nature of, 241–242
Plato, 136
Pleasure, attachment to, 19–20
Political protest, by Buddhists, 270
Politics, Buddhists’ participation in, 28, 29–30
Poor, neglect of, 167–168
Postmodernism, ecological, 201
Poussaint, A., 223
Powerlessness, as basis for empowerment, 176
Pragmatism, behavioral, 58–61
Prajna: see Wisdom
Prajnaparamitra Sutra, 81–82
Priests, Brahmin, 13, 261