Journal article
Jung and Chinese Religions: Buddhism and Taoism
Pastoral psychology, v 61(5-6), pp 747-758
01 Dec 2012
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Abstract
This article introduces the close relationship between Jung and Chinese religions, compares Jung's psychological theories to Chinese religious thoughts taking Buddhism and Taoism as examples, and draws the following three conclusions. First, although Jung never went to China, Jung's interest and studies in Chinese religions continued throughout his life. Second, there are important similarities and differences between Jung's unity of opposites and Buddhism's "Middle Way," Jung's synchronicity and Karmic harmony, Jung's Self and Buddhism's Self, and Jung's individuation and Buddhism's meditation. Third, there are significant, close relationships between Jung's concepts of synchronicity, Self, and his three principles of psyche and parallel concepts in Chinese Taoism.
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- Title
- Jung and Chinese Religions: Buddhism and Taoism
- Creators
- Henghao Liang - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Publication Details
- Pastoral psychology, v 61(5-6), pp 747-758
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000212834900011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84866443802
- Other Identifier
- 991019320712304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Religion