NEW232Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Yogachara, Buddhism And Psychology, Behaviorism
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*final exam is not cumulative, only cover second semester. *4 asavas: asava" means defilement, impurity in our mind. Being pure means you are able to function your mind as truly they are. Not under you illusion, liberate yourself from negative influences. It is basic structure of mind that prevents you to reach enlightenment and psychological wholeness and attain wisdom, become one" with the world. We are all born with asavas because we are not enlightened yet. By radically transforming our perception we can reach enlightenment. Reconstruct ourselves into better way spiritually: sensory desire: This can dominate our behaviors and how we think. This become asavas by unguarding our senses: existence or being: Preservation of self- identity: ignorance or unconscious or delusion: not clearly knowing the meaning of things as they are, attitudes or beliefs or cognitive distortions: naturally produce propanca which will have elements of sensory perceptions, cognitions, and fantasies. E. g. violent video games -> become violent physically in reality.
