The Kokoro in Japanese Spiritual Care

IF 3.6 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Timothy O. Benedict
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Abstract

This article explores the meaning of the kokoro (Chn: xin), meaning “heart” or “mind,” in the context of spiritual care for those facing the end of life in Japan. Care for the kokoro of hospice patients is widely seen as indispensable to the practice of spiritual care in Japan. What is less clear, however, is how care for the “ kokoro” and “spirituality” of patients differ in psychotherapeutic settings. This article first reviews different ways the kokoro is defined and invoked in religious activities, psychotherapeutic settings, and especially in the writings of the modern Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki. It then draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Japanese Buddhist and Christian hospices to illustrate how the kokoro is operationalized as both the agent and object of spiritual care. Finally, it considers how recent Japanese scholarship on the Buddhist idea of “ mushin care” (no minded care) simultaneously asserts and subverts the centrality of the kokoro in the practice of spiritual care.
日本心灵关怀中的 Kokoro
本文探讨了日本临终关怀中 "心"(kokoro)的含义。在日本,对临终关怀病人的 "心 "的关怀被广泛视为精神关怀实践中不可或缺的一部分。然而,在心理治疗环境中,对病人的 "心 "和 "灵性 "的关怀有什么不同,这一点还不太清楚。本文首先回顾了宗教活动、心理治疗环境,尤其是现代佛教学者铃木大拙的著作中对 "kokoro "的不同定义和引用方式。然后,文章借鉴了在日本佛教和基督教临终关怀机构中进行的人种学实地调查,以说明 "kokoro "是如何作为灵性关怀的媒介和对象被操作化的。最后,它探讨了日本最近关于佛教 "无念关怀"(mushin care)思想的学术研究是如何同时肯定和颠覆心灵关怀实践中 kokoro 的核心地位的。
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Review of General Psychology
Review of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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7.60
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4.80%
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26
期刊介绍: Review of General Psychology seeks to publish innovative theoretical, conceptual, or methodological articles that cross-cut the traditional subdisciplines of psychology. The journal contains articles that advance theory, evaluate and integrate research literatures, provide a new historical analysis, or discuss new methodological developments in psychology as a whole. Review of General Psychology is especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between subdisciplines in psychology as well as related fields or that focus on topics that transcend traditional subdisciplinary boundaries.
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