유마의 병과 인간중심치료의 비교 고찰

Abstract

With focusing on the contents of the fifth article of "Munsu-sari Munjilpum (文殊師利問疾品)" in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra (維摩經), this study aims to examine Yuma's way to treat disease in the Sutra and compare it with the key components of Carl Rodgers’ approach to psychotherapy. In this study, I would like to analyze the sermon of a Buddhist lay practitioner, "Yuma" and show the similarities between the two theories about the cause of mental pain and healing methods. The Sūtra states that the practice of Bodhisattva's conduct as a Bodhisattva is the only way to heal one's own illness. This can be seen as very similar to the non-directive treatment of human-centered counseling, which helps to promote the propensity to realization based on the infinite trust in human nature rather than instructing a client in specific directions to life. Therefore, I believe that psychological research on the practice of Bodhisattva behavior can make it possible to practice Bodhisattva behavior at the clinical site. This study aims to show that since the Vimalakīrti Sūtra and human-centered counseling are basically based on similar human views and epistemology, the cure for diseases presented by the two theories can be complementary without contradicting each other, and that Bodhisattva actions that solve pain can be accepted in human-centered counseling and used as a specific counseling therapy.