The Psychology of the Yogas - Gidi Ifergan

The Psychology of the Yogas - Gidi Ifergan

Pratipakṣa Bhāvanā as Imagining the Opposite

The Psychology of the Yogas - Gidi Ifergan

Gidi Ifergan [+-]
Monash University
Dr. Gidi Ifergan, a scholar of Indian philosophy and Tibetan Buddhism, currently conducts research and teaches at The Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, Monash University in Melbourne. He is the author of The Man from Samyé: Longchenpa on Praxis, Its Negation and Liberation (2014) and The Psychology of the Yogas (2021).

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Chapter Three, Pratipakṣa bhāvanā as Imagining the Opposite, discusses the potential of imagining the opposite as a powerful method to overcome the causes of affliction. The method is based on the valid translation of bhāvanā, meaning imagination and is inspired by Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol entailing the transformation of Scrooge, the novel's protagonist. The appendix includes an explicit practical exercise for Imagining the Opposite.

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Ifergan, Gidi. Pratipakṣa Bhāvanā as Imagining the Opposite. The Psychology of the Yogas. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 71-85 Aug 2021. ISBN 9781800500877. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=42662. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.42662. Aug 2021

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