Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychoanalysis
Is meditation an escape fromor a solution toour psychological problems? Is the use of antidepressants counter to spiritual practice? Does a psychological approach to meditation reduce spirituality to "self-help"? What can Zen and psychoanalysis teach us about the problems of the mind and suffering?
Psychiatrist and Zen teacher Barry Magid is uniquely qualified to answer questions like these. Written in an engaging and witty style, Ordinary Mind helps us understand challenging ideaslike Zen Buddhism's concepts of oneness, emptiness, and enlightenmentand how they make sense, not only within psychoanalytic conceptions of mind, but in the realities of our lives and relationships.
This new paper edition of Magid's much-praised book contains additional case study vignettes.
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Psychiatrist and Zen teacher Barry Magid is uniquely qualified to answer questions like these. Written in an engaging and witty style, Ordinary Mind helps us understand challenging ideaslike Zen Buddhism's concepts of oneness, emptiness, and enlightenmentand how they make sense, not only within psychoanalytic conceptions of mind, but in the realities of our lives and relationships.
This new paper edition of Magid's much-praised book contains additional case study vignettes.
Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychoanalysis
Is meditation an escape fromor a solution toour psychological problems? Is the use of antidepressants counter to spiritual practice? Does a psychological approach to meditation reduce spirituality to "self-help"? What can Zen and psychoanalysis teach us about the problems of the mind and suffering?
Psychiatrist and Zen teacher Barry Magid is uniquely qualified to answer questions like these. Written in an engaging and witty style, Ordinary Mind helps us understand challenging ideaslike Zen Buddhism's concepts of oneness, emptiness, and enlightenmentand how they make sense, not only within psychoanalytic conceptions of mind, but in the realities of our lives and relationships.
This new paper edition of Magid's much-praised book contains additional case study vignettes.
Psychiatrist and Zen teacher Barry Magid is uniquely qualified to answer questions like these. Written in an engaging and witty style, Ordinary Mind helps us understand challenging ideaslike Zen Buddhism's concepts of oneness, emptiness, and enlightenmentand how they make sense, not only within psychoanalytic conceptions of mind, but in the realities of our lives and relationships.
This new paper edition of Magid's much-praised book contains additional case study vignettes.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780861713066 |
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Publisher: | Wisdom Publications MA |
Publication date: | 03/01/2000 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
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