Buddhism, from Abhidharma to Zen, offers a realistic path to harmony of head and heart. For over 2,000 years Buddhists have been developing sophisticated psychologies to steer the work of accomplishing freedom from mental suffering. Now East and West are beginning to be informed from every other.
In a readable and practical approach, this book challenges basic assumptions of Western psychology, demystifies Buddhist psychology and presents Zen as a therapy. Giving examples of its effectiveness in psychotherapeutic practice, the creator shows how Zen derives from the Buddhist theory of the mind and throws new light upon the Buddhist theory of family members and stipulations.
This seminal wok is a resource stuffed with intriguing and controversial ideas.
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