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The self-pattern and Buddhist psychology
Gallagher,S. Raffone,A. Berkovich-Ohana,A. Barendregt,H.P. Bauer,P.R. Brown,K.W. Giommi,F. Nyklicek,I. Ostafin,B.D. Slagter,H.
Gallagher,S.
Raffone,A.
Berkovich-Ohana,A.
Barendregt,H.P.
Bauer,P.R.
Brown,K.W.
Giommi,F.
Nyklicek,I.
Ostafin,B.D.
Slagter,H.
Abstract
In this paper, we address core insights from Buddhist psychology about mind-body phenomena and the self, and we relate such insights to the notion of the self-pattern developed in the pattern theory of self. We emphasize the dynamic, temporal and enactive characteristics of the self-pattern, consistent with the core Buddhist notion of non-self. Although there is no one-to-one mapping of Buddhist psychological concepts onto the pattern theory of self, there are important similarities among such concepts and the various processes and dynamical relations that constitute a pragmatic self-pattern that can explain both experiences of self and non-self. Buddhist psychology and the notion of the self-pattern offer mutual insight into the processes, the dynamics, and the implications for questions about well-being and a flexibility that avoids anxiety and reduces attachment, craving, and suffering.
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2023
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dynamical pattern, meditation, non-self, self, the five aggregates
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Gallagher, S, Raffone, A, Berkovich-Ohana, A, Barendregt, H P, Bauer, P R, Brown, K W, Giommi, F, Nyklicek, I, Ostafin, B D, Slagter, H, Trautwein, F M & Vago, D R 2023, 'The self-pattern and Buddhist psychology', Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02118-3