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Psychology and Buddhism From Individual to Global Community pp 139–159Cite as

Role of Responsibility in Daseinsanalysis and Buddhism

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This comparative analysis demonstrates that daseinsanalysis and Buddhism are fundamentally compatible and that there is a genuine basis for an authentic, healthy engagement through an enlarged notion of responsibility, since each perspective is made more meaningful by an understanding of the other. The Buddha’s teachings relating to impermanence, non-self, unsatisfactoriness, karma, compassion, and inter-relatedness can expand the scope of responsibility in daseinsanalysis. The Heideggerian notion of the ontological difference (i.e., the difference between the ontological and the ontic) facilities our understanding of responsibility in the Buddhist context, while daseinsanalytic therapy augments the Buddhist lack of techniques in dealing with specific impairments of responsibility and lends itself as a vehicle for the application of Buddhist ideas in psychotherapy. An integration of these two disciplines will make their ideas and practices more accessible to communities outside their traditional domains. The daseinsanalytic and Buddhist perspectives relating to personal and social responsibility provide us with valuable philosophical and psychological insights into this very important human phenomenon and show us practically how individuals can be assisted in taking responsibility for every moment of their existence, and to develop a sense of respond-ability to different situations. As Therese’s case demonstrates, responsibility is not an option but a prerequisite to self-understanding and personal growth.

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Luan Khong, B.S. (2004). Role of Responsibility in Daseinsanalysis and Buddhism. In: Dockett, K.H., Dudley-Grant, G.R., Bankart, C.P. (eds) Psychology and Buddhism From Individual to Global Community. International and Cultural Psychology Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47937-0_7

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