Word: yoshimoto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Americans, some of the treatments for these maladies may seem like anti-therapies or even brainwashing. Naikan (introspection) is a one-week program of directed meditation. It is a 30-year-old folk treatment invented by Ishin Yoshimoto, a layman with a background in Buddhism. A "guide" first discusses the devotion of the patient's mother. Then the process is repeated with the other important contributors to his life. The guide steers the patient away from abstract comments and complaints and focuses on his ingratitude toward the sacrifices of other persons. Many patients break down crying, and some want...
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