Ven. Madawela Punnaji

eightfold nirvana satipatthana sigmund freud awakening inferiority complex the self tranquillity the humanistic saviour transcendence buddha’s functional hypothesis buddha and the freudians personalization mental sickness structural hypothesis the unconscious psychic determinism sermon of the buddha modern psychotherapy the human predicament buddhism as psychotherapy supernormal enlightenment buddhism then and now personality perspective cognitive dissonance hindrance renunciation concept of good and evil the mechanics of rebirth scientific proof of rebirth theravada concepts rebirth palingenesis metempsychosis transmigration re-incarnation resurrection buddhist perspective re-existence pre-existence what is experience? asceticism th e great renunciation paticca samuppāda the mind is understood genesis revealed by the buddha th e paradigm shift apperception tranquility of temperament systematic introspection buddha revealed the path emancipation mindfulness selective thinking erratic thinking what is an emotion? relaxation of body mental equilibrium in and out breathing breathing meditation awareness of breathing reflecting on oneself reflecting on the sangha reflecting on the dhamma tanha panna insight selfless happiness compassion recollection of the buddha dhamma cakkha good thoughts bad thoughts emotions dominate the world and delusion hate lust buddhist meditation dhamma upekkha mudita karuna metta buddhist buddha essence of humanity tranquility what it is the mind becoming a buddhist humanistic nirodha dukkha parinirvana tathagata the transcendent awakening of the bodhisatta and death aging birth vesak paradigm shift nibbana