A Complementary Study of the Gestalt Psychology and Vipassana

ABSTRACT

This article aims to pursue complementary issues which is confronted with in the theory and practice of Gestalt psychology and Vipassana by comparison with a key concepts of Gestalt psychology s awareness and the Vipassana s sati . The awareness and the sati are the similar concepts which involved same meaning notwithstanding conceptual using in different context. At this point we can find the comparative conditions between two conceptsThere are the similarities which can be compared with the sati and awareness in the variety of dimension in conceptual using, for example, the traits of complementation, confronting, presence(now &here), catharsis, insight. Also, there are many differences between the two concepts, for example, Adaptation vs Nibanna , Gestalt vs Sampajana(right understanding) , Self vs Non-self , Therapy and Buddhistic Training . By compare the sati and the awareness we can find a complementary issues between the sati and the awareness which can be fully developed in the theory and practice of Gestalt psychology as a therapy and Vipassana as a Buddhistic training