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Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught

By Mark Epstein MD
Narrated by: Mark Epstein M.D.
Unabridged — 6 hours, 41 minutes
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By Mark Epstein MD
Narrated by: Mark Epstein M.D.
Unabridged — 6 hours, 41 minutes
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“A masterpiece. . . . It teaches us how not to fear and repress, but to rechannel and harness the most powerful energies of life toward freedom and bliss.” -ROBERT THURMAN

It is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and problems, but psychiatrist Mark Epstein believes this to be a grave misunderstanding.In his controversial defense of desire, he makes clear that it is the key to deepening intimacy with ourselves, each other,...