Buddhist Guidance Psychology

Abstract

The counseling that helps people to know and understand themselves and the environment could be applied to oneself, used to solve own problems and to make self-development based on the potential of society, the counseling is not just the counseling, but in this article, the author aims to explain the concept, principle and practice about Buddhism and the counseling. From the lecture of Buddhism, is a religious of counseling, believes in human development potential, believes in the wisdom that makes human enlighten as the Buddha, which has the Buddha as a role model. The counseling is a function of external factor, accessing to an internal factor, which is the motivation of dharma practice, consciousness in self-development, confidence in self-development, the counseling in the Buddhist way means " kalyāṇa-mitta, -mitra " who will act as a good friend, providing deeper understanding and not inducing to the wrong way, that is called " Sappurisa-dhamma" who has a wisdom beyond an emotion.