An Application of Buddha’s Teachings for Healing Traumatic Mental Disorder

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Ven. Laka Mitra Bhikkhu

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concepts of Theravada Buddhism and
its contemporary processes effective on trauma, mental and physical body, and to apply the
knowledge of Theravada Buddhism to healing the Traumatic Mental and Physical Disorder
of a person. `An agitation after Traumatic Mental Disorder (all kinds of traumatic stress
disorders included in TMD) is a general behavioral diffi cult situation which threatens the
preservation of mentally imbalanced and affected persons and caregivers, interrupts the
rehabilitation system, and becomes an excessive oppression on caregivers and guardian.
Preferred skillfulness or moral acts, chanting and listening suttas, concentration of the mind,
and abandoning unwholesome and wrong thoughts, nurturing concentration and its stability,
charity and generosity as an environmental intervention be able to decrease the mental
excitement and Trauma mental disorder by prevailing on positive and wholesome thoughts
of memories and emotional feelings, and recovering mental health and wellness, and also
achieving peacefulness in a mentally disorder person.

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Bhikkhu, V. L. M. (2018). An Application of Buddha’s Teachings for Healing Traumatic Mental Disorder. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 11(2), 89–103. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/219897
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