The article presents four statements as follows. (1) Reasons for Chinese counseling psychology dilemma and calling for indigenous psychotherapy theories. (2) The maintenance/strength of self is a very core concept in Western psychology and is particularly relevant to egoism, a process that draws on the hedonic principle in pursuit of desires. Contrary to this and based on the three major Chinese cultural traditions, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, a self-enlightenment cultivating process aims to minimize or extinguish the desired self, leading to authentic and durable happiness. The self concepts based
on the Chinese cultural traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism could open new counseling psychology theories. For the reason, the article presents the three self-enlightenment models based on the three major Chinese philosophies. The universal Mandala Model of Self (MMS) was developed to describe the well-functioning self in various cultures. The MMS is suitable for analyzing the structure of Chinese philosophies to construct the SEM. The ego and selfenlightenment aspects of psychological self-functioning and their underlying processes are compared, drawing on the four concepts of the MMS: biology, ideal person, knowledge/wisdom and action. "Self" is a psychological term, based on the MMS, the self is the locus of empirical experience, and it takes various actions depending on the social context. It also engages in reflexivity and wisdom when blocked from attaining its goals. The wisdom contained in the personal stock of knowledge can lead individuals to act intelligently in various social contexts. According to the MMS, one important characteristic of individuals is the ability to engage in agency-oriented reflexivity on the meaning of life. People in different cultures exhibit different kinds of wisdom when they think about spirituality, the meaning of their life, and their morality. Individuals' attempts to define their own moral conscience create a normative wisdom that circulates within the society. Confucian three-layered Mandala Model of Self (MMS) of the self-cultivation (ordinary people, scholar and king), Buddhist three-layered (MMS of the self-cultivation (non-Buddhist, Śrāvaka/Pratyeka Buddha and Buddha) and an inward multilayer-stereo MMS based on the Book of Changes are presented. (3) The current special issue include five papers that echo for the three self-enlightenment models based on the Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. The first paper used the concepts of four windows, four mirrors, compass and black hole of religion into clinical application on the way of self-enlightenment process. The second paper developed the Grief Healing Model of the funeral rituals based on the Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism to elucidate how the Chinese ethics of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism can be used for grief healing. The third paper found that integration of cross-time-and-space experience increased the positive relationship between adult children and aging parents in terms of gratitude and "Ren-Rang" behavior. The fourth paper focused the indigenous psychodramatic model in Chinese family relational issues arising from bi-cultural conflict. Based on the Confucian and Buddhist self-enlightenment models, the filial piety and successfully managing close relationships are required by the self-enlightenment process in order to attain the goodness of king and Buddha levels. The final paper illustrated the experience of doubling in psychodrama leading to increased empathy ability. Based on the Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist self-enlightenment models, the empathy ability is needed for the self-cultivation process. (4) Based on these three self-enlightenment models, he construction of self-cultivation counseling theories and their practice could be implemented. Although more research is needed on this front, it is hoped that we will open significant new avenues for mental health and unravel the secret of why Chinese cultural traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism has lasted for thousands of years.