위빠사나명상의 필요성으로 보는 인지의 한계

Abstract

In this study I inquired into the need of Vipassana Meditation in viewing the limitations of cognitions. Major reasons that humans do not see the reality are due to the limitations of cognitions. In the aspect of cognitive science as one of the reasons of the limitations of cognitions, there are the intentionality(intentionnalité], which is a notion from phenomenology, and a function of representations, cognition distortions, automatic thoughts, the confirmation bias and qualia. In the aspect of neuroscience the categorization of cognitions and concepts, Hebbian theory, selective system and stimulus-response of the brain are also related with limitations of cognitions. In the aspect of psychoanalysis the archetypes of collective unconsciousness introduced by Yung are causes of the limitations of cognitions. In the aspect of buddhism perceptive function called as papañca(희론戱論), the 9 or 8 types of consciousness, and the 3 kinds of perceptive functions are the causes. In the aspect of quantum physics I inquired into the complementarity principle, chaos theory, and complexity system and found that humans can not see the duality of wave and particles at the same time owing to the human nature which is bound to the dichotomous way of thinking. And there are limitations of cognitions to perceive the chaos and complexity system to which is applied not the law of lineal cause and effect but that of reciprocal cause and effect. As above I investigated that the limitations of cognitions can be overcome by practicing Vipassana meditation by establishing the four foundations of mindfulness of body, feelings, mind and dhamma. Sati(awareness or mindfulness), the key mental factor of Vipassana meditation, can help reveal the true nature of self and make an objective observation with the perspectives of middle way the here and now.