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Oh, Whachul. "Understanding of Self: Buddhism and Psychoanalysis." Journal of religion and health vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01437-w
Oh W. Understanding of Self: Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. J Relig Health. 2021 Oct 08; doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01437-w. Epub 2021 Oct 08. PMID: 34623596; PMCID: PMC8498085.
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J Relig Health. 2021 Oct 08; doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01437-w. Epub 2021 Oct 08.

Understanding of Self: Buddhism and Psychoanalysis.

Journal of religion and health

Whachul Oh

Affiliations

  1. Seoul Christian University, Seoul, South Korea. [email protected].

PMID: 34623596 PMCID: PMC8498085 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01437-w

Abstract

The healing of the self-or the psychological health of the self-has been an intensely studied issue in the traditions of both Buddhism and psychoanalysis. It is easy to suppose that the understanding of self in Buddhism cannot coexist with the understanding of self in psychoanalysis because the self in Buddhist tradition is mainly regarded as an illusion and needs to be deconstructed, whereas in psychoanalysis, it should be re-constructed for mental health through analysis. Because of this difference in the understanding of self, one may also suppose that these two respective paths to a balanced mind would inevitably be different.

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords: Buddhism; Freud; Kohut; Psychoanalysis; Self

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