위빠사나 명상과 철학상담 = Vipassanā Meditation and Philosophical Counseling

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This essay brings to light the Vipassanā meditation system mainly on the basis of Mahasatipaṭṭhāna Sutta in Dīgha Nikāya with reference to American psychotherapists' exposition thereof and teachings given by renowned Myanmar Vipassanā meditation teachers. This work also explores the possibility of adopting Vipassanā meditation into philosophical counseling. This will be discussed in terms of the following problems: How can a practical meditation method be conjoined to a theoretical philosophical counseling? What effect is expected in the case of adopting Vipassanā meditation in philosophical counseling? In order to find an alternative to a possible problem in the form of religious conflict that the Buddhist Vipassanā meditation when adopted to philosophical counseling may give rise to a Christian client, an American Vipassanā movement is addressed.