Western and Buddhist psychology

clinical perspectives

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Published 1996 by Eburon in Delft .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Buddhism -- Psychology.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other titles	Western & Buddhist psychology
Statement	edited by Maurits G.T. Kwee and T. Len Holdstock.
Contributions	Kwee, Maurits G. T., 1949-, Holdstock, T. Len.
Classifications
LC Classifications	BQ4570.P76 W47 1996
The Physical Object
Pagination	xiv, 338 p. :
Number of Pages	338
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL580982M
ISBN 10	905166477X
LC Control Number	96169853

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Buddhist Psychology theory believes our psychological state depends not so much on our particular circumstances, but more on how we relate to what life brings our way. It acknowledges that pain – whether physical or emotional – is an unavoidable part of life and with that pain comes some suffering. However, as human beings we tend to add.   Ajahn Chah and other Buddhist masters like him are practitioners of a living psychology: one of the oldest and most welldeveloped systems of healing and understanding on the face of the psychology makes no distinction between worldly and spiritual Ajahn Chah, anxiety, trauma, financial problems, physical difficulties /5(53).

This chapter provides a Western psychological interpretation of the fundamentals of Buddhist thought with special attention to integration with cognitive science, behaviour modification, psychoanalysis, and transpersonal psychology (Mikulas, ).Cited by: 3. A growing number of Western practitioners who have studied within more than one Buddhist tradition. It is no longer uncommon to see Western Buddhist teachers who have studied and practiced extensively in more than one Buddhist practice community. In recent historical times, Buddhist interdenominational cross-dialogue had become exceedingly rare.   Buddhism, Science And The Western World: Cosmos And Culture Blogger Adam Frank explores the insight of Buddhist scholars, who suggests the affinity Buddhism is supposed to have with science.

  While teaching at IMS, Kornfield began to draw insights from Western psychology as an accompaniment to Buddhist teachings he was. In , he earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Saybrook University. IMS first held meditation retreats on the West Coast in , and the West Coast sangha quickly began to grow. Buddhist psychology, like other indigenous psychologies, is prescientific, but it is so only in the narrow sense, in that it developed prior to, and outside the context of, modern Western science. It offers clearly testable hypotheses and therefore can . This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners who look to Eastern spiritual traditions for guidance and.