| dc.description.abstract | Mindfulness has advanced in research arena as
an increasing trend in psychotherapeutic practice. Many
attempts have been made to test how mindfulness can be
effectively integrated in therapy. It is claimed that
mindfulness has been adopted from Buddhism and has
proved to be efficacious in contemporary practice. Some
researchers have pointed out that the original meaning of
mindfulness with certain vital notions of the ideology have
missed or abandoned in the adaptation process resulting a
perfunctory practice. Therefore, this study was intended to
investigate how counsellors relate the true meaning of
mindfulness as in contemporary Buddhist practice and its
applications in counselling interventions. The study was
steered under phenomenological approach in qualitative
research framework. Data was gathered through openended face-to-face interviews from Buddhist counsellors
(n=15), who integrate BCM along with GCM in their
counselling activities. The study has emerged the concepts,
which suggested the importance of comprehending ‘Right
View’ as the initial footstep of understanding, and that it
makes the pathway to master ‘Right Mindfulness’. The
evidences from texts which contain the original doctrine of
the Buddhist philosophy confirm the aforementioned
findings. Moreover, BCM is more effective and provides a
more sustainable outcome. Further researches need to be
done to provide evidence on the importance of achieving
‘Right View’ as a pre-requisite to achieve ‘Right
Mindfulness’, and how it can be introduced as a novel
strategy of mindfulness counselling to enhance wellbeing
and quality of life. | |
