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The positive psychology of Buddhism and yoga : paths to a mature happiness, with a special application to handling anger / Marvin Levine.
Van Pelt Library BQ4570.P76 L48 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levine, Marvin, 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Psychology.
- Buddhism.
- Yoga--Psychology.
- Yoga.
- Spiritual life--Psychology.
- Spiritual life.
- Maturation (Psychology)--Religious aspects.
- Maturation (Psychology).
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, [2009]
- Contents:
- King Ashoka's question : what is your secret?
- Maturity and serenity
- The story of Siddhartha
- The Hindu context
- The core of the Buddha's teachings
- The noble truth of dukkha (suffering), part 1 : suffering and impermanence
- The noble truth of dukkha, part 2 : caught in the causal matrix
- The noble truth of tanha (craving)
- The noble truth of nirvana (liberation), part 1 : conquer the beasts within
- The noble truth of nirvana, part 2 : the nature of attachment
- The Buddha : the compassionate one
- Supermaturity
- Anatman reconsidered : you are not your mind
- The noble truth of magga (the path), part 1 : wisdom and ethics
- The noble truth of magga, part 2 : mental discipline
- Buddhist problem solving
- Yoga and Buddhism
- I discover hatha yoga
- Savasana
- The yogic state, part 1 : immersion
- The yogic state, part 2 : transforming judgment
- The yogic state, part 3 : life is where you find it
- Yogic theory : the unenlightened mind
- The eight angas, part 1 : the practices
- The eight angas, part 2 : the experiences
- Yogic theory : the enlightened mind
- Yogic problem solving
- Buddhism, yoga, and Western psychology
- Mindfulness and right thoughts
- Problem solving as compassionate action
- Empathic assertiveness as right speech
- Psychological applications of Eastern methods
- The nature of anger
- Anger : assumptions and levels of expression
- A schematic, physiological model
- General methods for decreasing anger
- Specific methods, part 1 : right views of others
- Specific methods, part 2 : changing one's own attitudes
- Specific methods, part 3 : when anger occurs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tobias Wagner Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781848728509
- 1848728506
- 9781848728516
- 1848728514
- OCLC:
- 317928149
- Publisher Number:
- 99934681316
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