Explain the Nature of Ariyavirecana concept and its Psychotherapeutic Value

Buddhist psychotherapy is the most important for the ordinary people who are suffering with

mental disorder. Ordinary people have lobha, dosa and moha. Buddhist psychology is primarily about

self-knowledge and to find out more about whom we are and to understand our decisions, actions,

thoughts and feeling etc. and the purpose of Buddhist psychology is concerned with the alleviation of

human suffering, distress and dissatisfaction. However, the Buddhist idea of suffering much broader than

what is usually the focus of western psychology. Its also essential to know that an emotional suffering is

more important than the physical suffering.

We need to understand the element of Buddhist psychology if we want to live without warring.

The Buddha had preached in his teaching various kinds of way how to apply the Dhamma. According to

Buddhist teachings, the individual is convention of two element which are psychological and physical. If

we know how to practice it, we will overcome our mental disorders and physical problems. On the other

hand, we have to face so many problems and difficulties. Therefore, we need to understand the roots or

the reasons. When we know the roots or the reasons, we can solve any problems.

There are three roots of the unwholesome: greed, hated and delusion. Almost all the

psychological problems are related to these three roots of unwholesome. So we need to develop alobha,

adosa and amoha if we wish to remedy mental diseases. Samadithi Sutta of Majjimanikaya mentioned that

when a noble disciple has thus understood the unwholesome, the root of the unwholesome and the root

of the wholesome, he entirely abandons the underlying tendency to lust, he abolishes the underlying

tendency to aversion, he extirpates the underlying tendency to the view and conceit and by abandoning

ignorance and arousing true knowledge he here and now makes and end of suffering.

There are many kinds of Sutta preached by Buddha in his teaching. Vitakkasamthana Sutta of

Majjimanikaya, there are five methods for removing unwholesome thought. According to that Sutta, we

can get rid of greed, hatred and delusion. By following these methods, we can solve our mental disorders

and physical problems. Vattha Sutta mentioned that by knowing defilements of mind, we have to abandon

them which are greed, hatred and delusion. Moreover, the five aggregates are also one of the aspects

about fundamental of Buddhist Psychtherapy. The noble truth is the primary aspects in the teachings of

the Buddha. This psychotherapy is primarily based on the four noble truths. We need to understand the

four noble truths to see as they really are. The next one is Sila, Samadhi and Panna. By practicing them,

we can achieve all things.

In addition, we must comprehend the Nature of Ariyavirecana concept and its Psychotherapeutic

Value because it is essential thing in human life to solve the problem without suffering. There are many

methods for psychotherapy in Buddhism. The first method is Noble silence. In the Pali Ariyo tuhni

bhave ariyo means noble, and tuhni bhave means silence. Noble silence means no talking or non-verbal

communication of any kind. For instance we can observe noble silence of sanghamajji thera. Sanghamajji

thera was the son of a very rich setthi of Benares. When he was 16, his parents married him and he had a

son. One day he becomes a monk. After ordination, he lived in a forest grove, and soon afterwards

attained arahantship.

His parents efforts to persuade him to return to lay life were too insistent, and he would not even

speak to them, so he maintained with noble silence. The returned discomfited and sent his wife and son to

him. His wife appealed to him with various arguments, but he refused even to look at her and he stayed

with noble silence again. She then placed the child on his lap and went away. When she discovered that

Sangamajji would not even talk to his son, she took him away, saying that her husband was a uselessman.

The second method is kamma and it results. Kamma literally, means action; it means the meritorious and

demeritorious volition. The Buddha said, Obhikkhu it is volition that I call kamma. Good begets good.

Evil begets evil. Like attract like. This is the law of kamma. Buddhism attributes this variation to kamma,

but it does not assert that everything is due to kamma. According to Buddhism, there are five orders or

processes which operate in the physical and mental realms.

In the Tirokudda Sutta the Buddha explains about that some people deceased and may have

been reborn as hungry ghosts, no longer able to fend for themselves. Outside the walls the stand, and at

crossroads. At door posts the stand, returning to their old homes. But when a meal with plentiful food and

drink is served, no one remembers them; such is the kamma of living beings.

The third method is right motivation. This serves the double purpose of eliminating evil thoughts and

developing pure thoughts. Right Motivation is free from sense desire and free from ill-will. Naturally

many people first get interested in Buddhism because they are seeking peace and happiness for

themselves. We also want to find out peace and happiness in Buddhism, the first we must be practiced to

get right motivation.

Another one is Punishment. That is the authoritative imposition of something negative or

unpleasant on a person in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group. Praising is

means etadagga etad means this, agga means best or excellent. For example the Buddha praised to

Anandathera that Etadaggam, bhikkhave, mama saavakanambhikkhuunam bahussuta-anamyadidam

anando. This is the most eminent among my disciple monks, who are well-learned: it is Ananda. We

can observe many discoursed, such as Ven. Sariputtara, Ven. Moggalana, Mahakassapathera etc. There

are so many kinds of Buddhist methods to apply the mental training or therapy.

Buddhist psychotherapy recognizes and affirms the 'core' - which is the unconditioned, wakeful self and

'process' - the way we are in the moment, how we respond to our world from both our unconditioned self

and the conditioned self is our process. As with many psycho-spiritual forms of psychotherapy, Buddhist

psychotherapy looks at our cognitive, energetic and physical being. It provides an opportunity to work on

the many levels of our existence, avoiding fixating on particular aspects, but encompassing all. By

looking at ourselves from all aspects, we come to accept, understand and move on with a greater and

deeper understanding of self. In this pyschotherapy it is our intention that the client will experience their

own true health and well-being.

In conclusion, Buddhist concepts have profound influence on Western Psychotherapy. Buddhist

psychotherapy is based on the Buddhist model of the cause of mental suffering and deals with self-

knowledge, thoughts, feelings and actions to minimize the psychological distress. Buddhist

Psychotherapy has a positive impact on mental health and it can be used to treat a wide range of mental

illnesses.

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