禅宗牧牛图对现代心理治疗技术的启示

Enlightenment of Zen "Cowherd-picture" on Modern Psychology Therapy

禅宗牧牛图是禅宗修习中思维锻炼和心理调伏次第的形象描述,其目的是通过观修牧牛过程潜移默化消除觉知心理问题的主体功能与心理问题及其载体,从而彻底消除心理问题,永断烦恼之根而达到解脱之境。不仅具有深厚的佛道文化底蕴,而且符合中国文化传统,易于普及和得到认可,对于"保险箱"等现代心理治疗技术具有一定的启示。

The picture is a series of vivid descriptions of taking thinking exercises and adjusting state of mind in the Zen-- cultivation process, and its purpose is to eliminate mental problems, permanently root up sources of troubles, and finally feel free, after, by watching the whole process of pasturing cattle, imperceptibly curing mental problems and remove the carriers thereof. It is easier to be spread and accepted, and we can gain much enlightenment from it on modern psychology therapy technique such as ＂safe＂ and so on.