ビルマ・タイ等におけるSatipathanaによる人格形成について

Abstract

Stimulated by the report of Prof. Dumoulin of Sophia University in Tokyo, the researcher visited Rangoon, Bangkok and Ceylon in the summer of 1964, and studied the satipatthana meditation there. It was confirmed that the method of mindfulness devised by Mahasi Sayadaw has been developed in Thailand and Ceylon, and two other methods were also found in Rangoon : the one, devised by U Ba Khin, and the other, developed by Sunlungukyaung Sayadaw. U Ba Khin's method is a simplified method to the mindfulness of touch of breath, and some Western people already visited him in Rangoon. The Sunlum way of mindfulness, however, is almost unknown to the external world, and it is the most interesting method which may be compared with the intensive Zen training method devised by Master Ishiguro in Japan. This starts from the concentration to the sensation of unpleasantness or pain which comes from the continuation of hard breathing without the change of posture, and by penetrating through the pain sensation it aims to attain samadhi and enlightenment. It should be also noticed that many parents in Rangoon are sending their children to this training center for the purpose of character education.