Az ELTE BTK Távol-keleti Intézet Buddhológia és Tibetisztika Tanszéke szeretettel vár minden érdeklődőt Grzegorz Polak (Dr hab., UMCS Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland) angol nyelvű előadására. 

Abstract

The starting point is a seemingly simple problem: why should ethical conduct facilitate the attainment of samādhi? The proposed explanation focuses on the psychological character of the five hindrances, which may be understood not merely as distractions but as expressions of underlying motivational pressures. Their disappearance may therefore produce both a profound sense of relief and pleasure and a transformation of the mind's cognitive functioning. The lecture would explore what this suggests about the relationship between Buddhist ethics, meditation, and psychological transformation. It would also raise some broader questions about how samādhi itself should be understood.