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1 online resource (217) |
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Freud and the Buddha: the Couch and the Cushion; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PREAMBLE; CHAPTER ONE The origins and fundamentals of psychoanalysis; CHAPTER TWO It's not just about the mindfulness: foundations of Buddhist thought and why it matters for psychoanalysis; CROSSCURRENTS; CHAPTER THREE The practice of psychoanalysis and Buddhism; CHAPTER FOUR Buddhist psychology: a work in process; CHAPTER FIVE On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott |
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CHAPTER SIX Faust, Mephistopheles and attachment: discussion of Mark Epstein's chapter- "On the seashore of endless worlds:Buddha and Winnicott""CHAPTER SEVEN A clinical encounter: mind without walls; CHAPTER EIGHT My lives in psychoanalysis and Buddhism; CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; CHAPTER NINE Controversies and the potential for mutual enrichment; INDEX |
| Summary |
This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism, viewed not as a religion but as a psychology and a philosophy with ethical principles. The focus of the book rests on the commonality between the psychoanalyst's neutrality as he listens to his freely associating patient, and the Buddhist monk's non-judgmental attention to his mind. The psychoanalytic concepts of free |
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Print version record |
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Buddhism and psychoanalysis.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology.
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Buddhism and psychoanalysis
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
178241424X |
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9781782414247 |
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