Mental Health in Classical Buddhist Psychology
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These lines from the Dhammapada(Babbitt, 1936) reflect the basic dichotomy in Abhidhamma, the classical Buddhist psychology, between pure (wholesome' or healthy) and impure ('unwholesome' or unhealthy) properties. In this system the factors which compose one's mental states from moment to moment determine one's mental health." The list of healthy factors represents a transpersonal model for mental health, a view of what is possible for the healthy person which transcends the limits of our present-day psychological notions of health.
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