THE INSTITUTE FOR RELATIONAL BUDDHISM
PRESENTS
Interactional Master Class
on Wisdom by Relational Buddhism
1 Borobudur Javanese Buddhism
2 Ancient Greek Buddhism
3 Buddhist Psychology
4 Buddhist Coaching/Counseling/Therapy
5 Happiness Amid Existential Suffering
Dr. Maurits G T Kwee, PhD (Em Hon Prof)
Faculty Member Taos Institute – Tilburg University PhD-Program
(USA/Netherlands)
http://relationalbuddhism.org
mauritskwee@gmail.com
Abstract.
This Master Class presents an overview introducing the highlights of Relational
Buddhism comprising: (1) Borobudur Javanese Buddhism: a tour at an open
university on becoming a Bodhisattva in 10 steps, guided by 5 books culminating in a
resetting Emptiness, and on disseminating Loving-kindness, Empathic Compassion
and Shared Joy. (2) Ancient Greek Buddhism: pilgrimage sites recommended by the
Buddha, an iconography of his life and the Milindapanha (Query of King Menandros).
(3) Buddhist Psychology and Relational Buddhism with exercises, (4) Buddhist
Coaching/Counselling/Therapy by Karma Transformation with case demonstrations,
and (5) Your Buddhist roadmap to liberation: happy amid adversity. In effect, I take
up from the point where the extinct Borobudur Mahayana and Early Buddhist Greek
traditions have left off. Giving them rebirth, I confluence and revive them into panBuddhism and an applied Buddhist Psychology for professionals and householders in
the quest toward contentment. Apt for the 21st century, this new tradition elaborates
on a Buddhism which was already part of European civilization during 2200 years.
This introduction can be offered in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days and includes these
meditations: (1) Pristine Mindfulness, (2) Death Contemplation, (3)
Laughing/Smiling-Singing Meditations, (4) Loving-kindness, and (5) Compassion
Visualizations.
2 Theravada
On The Buddha
-Pilgrim Sites
-Ancient Greek
-Buddhism
1 Mahayana
On Bodhisattvas
-Borobudur
-Javanese
-Buddhism
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5 Happy amid adversity
Death Contemplation
Laughing/Smiling/Singing
Meditation
Loving-kindness/Compassion
Visualization
Pristine Mindfulness
Exercises
Normal functioning
4 Coaching
Counselling
Therapy
Case
Demonstrations
3 Psychology
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Development & propagation of Buddhist traditions (c.483 BCE-1200)
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483 BCE 250 BCE
India
Early
Sangha
Sri
Lanka
&
SE-Asia
100 BCE/100 CE
Early Buddhist schools
4/500 CE
Mahayana
(18-20)
700 800 CE 1200
Vajrayana
(Tantrayana/Mantrayana)
Theravada
Greco-Buddhism (Buddha statues)... ... ...
Central
Asia
Himalaya
Tibetan Buddhism
(Tibet, Mongolia,
Siberia)
Silk Road Buddhism (emphasis: text writing)
a.o. Huayen/Kegon (Avatamsaka), Tientai/Tendai (Lotus),
Pure Land (Amidism), Chan/Zen, Nichiren/J
East Asia
Sumatra
& Java 483 BCE
250 BCE
100 BCE/100 CE
500 CE
Chen-yen
Shingon/J
700 800 CE
1200
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Legend
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana
The pinnacle of Buddhism – A pyramidal construction from c.800 on the
island of Java: Sanctuary (biara) on the Hill (bidur), i.e. the Bodhisattva’s
Mountain of 10 Developmental Phases in One Life – c.3000 panels, 500
Buddhas & 5 km corridors Comprising 5 Books:
1. Karmavibangha 2. Jataka/animals 3. Avadana/legends 4.
Lalitavistara/Tathagata & 5 Gandavyuha/Supreme Crown – Passage to
Dharma Realm (39th Book of Avatamsaka/Flower Garland Sutra)
Siddharta Gautama of the Shakya clan,
The Buddha
(lived some 100 generations ago: c.563-483)
Pan-Buddhist
Core Themes/Terms
relevant
for Mahayana
Ancient Greek
Pan-Buddhist
Core
Themes& Buddhist Psychology
(1) The 4-Ennobling Realities (Propositions, Experiences, Facts, Data or Hypotheses)
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4-Ennobling
Realities
(2)
8-Fold
Balancing Practice
(a Middle Way of balanced savvy, virtue &
meditation)
(2) The 8-Fold Balancing Practice
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self)
(4)TheThe
3-Poisons
(4)
5-Skandhas
(psychological modalities of mind/self: feeling-thought-interaction)
(5)
Dependent
Origination
causality hypothesis (of feeling-thought-interaction)
(5)TheThe
state/trait
of Nirvana
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Dependent
Origination hatred
hypothesis
(9)
3-Poisons:
greed (anxiety/sadness),
(anger/depression) & mind’s
ignorance
(10) The smallest experiential unit: dharmas
(10) The smallest
units of experience (dharmas: perceivables, knowables & soc
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(11) The 6 Sense: the mind’s eye
constructions)
(11)
6th Sense
(the mind’s eye that perceives dharmas during meditation)
(12)TheThe
12-Meditations
(12) The 12-Meditations (with mindfulness as the general factor)
(13) The 4-Foundations of Mindfulness
(13) The 4-Foundations of Mindfulness (the behaviors of body/feelings &
(14) The 4-Immeasurables
mind/thoughts)
(14)
Patthanas
(functional conditions
& relations
feeling-thought-action)
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morality
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Paradigm Shifting
Thinking Out Of The Box
Dis-Illusioning Self...
Borobudur Javanese Buddhism – Day 1
9.00 A round of who is who if the group is below 20
(if >20: the audience’s therapeutic orientation?)
9.30 Exercise α: Goals & Expectations + Questionnaires
10.00 Interactional PPT 1: Borobudur
11.00 Break
11.30 Pristine Mindfulness Meditation
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Interactional PPT 2: Borobudur
15.00 Discussion
15.30 Break
16.00 Interactional PPT 3: Borobudur
17.00 End of Day 1
Ancient Greek Buddhism: 4 Pilgrim Sites, The
Buddha’s Life & The Milindapanha – Day 2
9.00 Q&A about Yesterday & Reading
9.30 Interactional PPT 1: 4 Pilgrim Sites as recommended by
the Buddha
11.00 Break
11.30 Interactional PPT 2: The Buddha’s Life Narrative
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Death Contemplation
14.45 Discussion
15.30 Break
16.00 Interactional PPT 3: The Query of King Menandros
17.00 End of Day 2
Buddhist Psychology – Day 3
9.00 Q&A about Yesterday & Reading
9.30 Interactional PPT 1: Relational Buddhism
11.00 Break
11.30 Interactional PPT 2: Buddhist Psychology
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Interactional PPT 3: Exercising Format/Form:ABC+DE
15.00 Discussion
15.30 Break
16.00 Laughing/Smiling-Singing Meditation
17.00 End of Day 3
Buddhist Coaching/Counseling/Therapy – Day 4
9.00 Q&A about Yesterday & Reading
9.30 Live Demonstration with a Client Volunteer
11.00 Break
11.30 Interactional PPT: Coaching/Counseling/Therapy by
Karma Transformation
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Exercising the ABC+DE in dyads or triads (Your final
ABCDE serves as a test/start of supervision)
15.00 Discussion
15.30 Break
16.00 Loving-kindness/Compassion Visualizations
17.00 End of Day 4
Toward Liberation: Happy Amid Adversity – Day 5
9.00 Q&A about Yesterday & Reading
Kwee, G.T.M. (2012). Relational Buddhism: A psychological quest for meaning and sustainable happiness. In
P.T.P Wong (Ed.). The human quest for meaning: Theories, Research and Applications (2nd ed.) (pp. 249 –
274). New York: Routledge.
Kwee, G.T.M. (2013). Relational Buddhism: An integrative psychology of happiness amidst existential
suffering. In David, S.A., Boniwell, I., & Conley Ayers, A. (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of happiness (pp.357
– 370). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9.30 What do Buddhist liberation & happiness mean to me?
11.00 Break
11.30 Which would be my Buddhist roadmap?
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Evaluation
15.30 Break
16.00 Exercise Ω: Goals & Expectations + Questionnaires
17.00 End of Day 4
References
Website: http://relationalbuddhism.org
Books
1. Kwee, M.G.T., Gergen, K.J., & Koshikawa, F. (Eds.).(2006). Horizons in Buddhist Psychology: Practice,
research & theory. Taos Institute Publications, U.S.A.
2. Kwee, M.G.T. (Ed.).(2010). New horizons in Buddhist Psychology: Relational Buddhism for collaborative
practitioners. Taos Institute Publications, U.S.A.
3. Kwee, G.T.M. (2013). Psychotherapy by Karma Transformation. Taos Institute : WorldShare Books
(downloadable free-of-charge)
Articles/Chapters
1. Kwee, G.T.M. (2012a). Relational Buddhism: A psychological quest for meaning and sustainable happiness.
In P.T.P Wong (Ed.). The human quest for meaning: Theories, Research and Applications (2nd ed.) (pp. 249 –
274). New York: Routledge.
2. Kwee, G.T.M. (2012b). Relational Buddhism: Wedding K.J. Gergen’s Relational Being and Buddhism to
create harmony in-between-selves. Psychological Studies, 57(2), 203–210.
3. Kwee, G.T.M. (2012c). Buddhist Psychology. In A. Runehov & L. Oviedo (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sciences
and Religions (Chapter 159). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science & Business Media.
4. Kwee, G.T.M. (2012d). Psychotherapy by Karma Transformation. In Proceedings of the 2nd International
Association of Buddhist Universities Conference “Buddhist Philosophy and Praxis/Buddhist Psychotherapy”
at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Wang Noi, Ayutthaya, Thailand. May 31–June 2, 2012
(pp.193-213). (Online: http://www.undv.org/vesak2012/book/buddhist_psychotherapy.pdf )
5. Kwee, G.T.M. (2013). Relational Buddhism: An integrative psychology of happiness amidst existential
suffering. In David, S.A., Boniwell, I., & Conley Ayers, A. (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of happiness (pp.357370). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
GENERAL QUESTION for Applicants’ Selection:
1 date...
2 workshop/seminar/masterclass:...
3 name (not obligatory)...
4 profession... ... ... (helping/buddhist/otherwise:... ... ...)
5 gender...
6 age...
7 ethnicity (indicate if mixed)...
8 country...
9 basic religion...
10 parent(s) Buddhist(s): yes/no
11 Buddhist interest, how many years-months... ... ...
12 Buddhist denomination: Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, pan-Buddhist - specify:.. ... ...
13 secular/non-secular Buddhist...
14 confessional/non-confessional Buddhist...
15 worshiping/non-worshiping...
16 Buddha is god-like/non-god-like...
17 meditating/non-meditating: if meditating, how many years-months:... ... ...
18 yes/no member of a Buddhist community, if yes: which/where... ... ...
19 your two highest stress/tension/nervousness issues:... ... ... ... ... ...
20 general stress/tension/nervousness level before/after training:
5 (high), 4 (rather high), 3 (not high, not low), 2 (rather low), 1 (low)
Brief BCOPE ©
Please consider a stressful life event that you have recently experienced. The following items deal with ways you might have
coped (or are currently coping) with the stressful event. Different people deal with things in different ways, but we are interested in
how you tried to deal with it. We want to know to what extent you did what the items say (how much or how frequently). Don't answer
on the basis of what worked or not, just whether or not you did it. Try to rate each item separately in your mind from the others.
Please use the following rating scale:
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Try to see the stressful situation as it really is.
Remembered the stressor won’t last forever.
Felt helpless in changing the situation due to my karmic past.
Recall that what is ‘me’ is really a delusion.
I find Buddhist practices hard to follow.
Tried to provide others with spiritual comfort and kindness.
Wish I would stop judging myself.
Felt powerless because karma had caused the event.
Meditated to become more aware.
I engage in Right Action.
Try to be aware of my feelings towards the situation.
Find the Buddhist path to be difficult.
I consider how I am related to everything.
Find I am upset with myself for not remaining mindful of my experience.
I pay attention to Buddhist teachings and readings for more understanding.
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Phillips, R.E. III, Cheng, C.M., Hietbrink, L., Buczek, E., & Oemig, C. (2012). Validation of a Buddhist coping measure among
primarily non-Asian Buddhists in the United States. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51(1), 156-172.
Phillips, R.E. III, Cheng, C.M., & Oemig-Dworsky, C. (in press). Initial evidence for a brief measure of Buddhist coping in the United
States. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Phillips, R.E. III, Cheng, C.M., Pargament, K., Oemig, C., Colvin, S., Abarr, A., Dunn, M., & Reed, A. (2009). An exploratory
study of Buddhist methods of coping in the United States. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 19(4), 231-243.
Phillips, R.E. III, & Cheng, C.M. (2013). Convergent, divergent, and predictive validity for a measure of Buddhist coping.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Flourishing Scale (FS) © Copyright by Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, January 2009. Below
are 8 statements with which you may agree or disagree. Using the 1 – 7 scale below, indicate
your agreement with each item by indicating that response for each statement.
7
Strongly agree 6
Agree 5
Slightly agree 4
nor disagree 3
Slightly disagree 2
Disagree 1
Mixed or neither agree
Strongly disagree
1 I lead a purposeful and meaningful life.
2 My social relationships are supportive and rewarding.
3 I am engaged and interested in my daily activities
4 I actively contribute to the happiness and well-being of others
5 I am competent and capable in the activities that are important to me
6 I am a good person and live a good life
7 I am optimistic about my future
8 People respect me
Scoring: Add the responses, varying from 1 to 7, for all 8 items. The possible range of
scores is from 8 (lowest possible) to 56 (highest PWB possible). A high score represents
a person with many psychological resources and strengths.