Klesas and Pretas
Therapy and Liberation in Buddhist Recovery from Addiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20207040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Dossett (University of Chester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-242 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Implicit Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-9955 • E-ISSN: 1743-1697 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/imre.40694 |
| OpenAlex | W3019895412 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article offers an analysis of Buddhist approaches to addiction recovery in the terms of some of the key debates in addiction/recovery studies. Buddhist recovery teachings are analysed for the extent to which they embody models of addiction which construe the problem as a disease, as a moral problem, as a problem of powerlessness, as a problem of control, as a choice, as a social or a personal problem, and as continuous (or not) with putative samsaric experience. They are also analysed for the extent to which recovery is modelled as a change of identity or of practices, and how far ‘recovery ideals' align with Buddhist soteriology. The article exposes philosophical and epistemological diversity across Buddhist recovery pathways, and argues that the therapeutization of Buddhism (Metcalf 2002) is inadequate as a categorical frame
Addiction · Aesthetics · Buddhism · Categorical variable · Epistemology · Sociology · Theology · Computer Science · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
The Five Precepts of the Venerable Lord
The Making of Buddhist Modernism
The impact of religiosity and attribution theory on attitudes toward addiction and cancer
Buddhist Monastic Life According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition
Buddhist Approaches to Addiction Recovery
Perceptions of professional drug treatment staff in England about client barriers to narcotics anonymous attendance
The Meaning of Suffering in Drug Addiction and Recovery from the Perspective of Existentialism, Buddhism and the 12-Step Program
The Way of Abstinence’
Addiction, spirituality and 12-step programmes
Wandering Dhamma and transnational fellowship
Some reflections on the origins of MBSR, skillful means, and the trouble with maps
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |