Self and no-self : continuing the dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy / edited by Dale Mathers, Melvin E. Miller and Osamu Ando.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mathers, Dale, 1955-

Miller, Melvin E.

Ando, Osamu

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism and psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

Introduction

Buddhism and psychotherapy : a dialogue / Melvin E. Miller

Psychotherapy and Buddhism : a psychological consideration of key points of contact / Osamu Ando

Arrows meeting in mid-air / Robert Jingen Gunn

Buddhist theory and practice

Desire and the self : reflections on J.M. Coetzee's "slow man" / Barry Magid

Zen and Amaeru : a psychological approach to zen / Sodo Yasunaga Roshi

The ego in the psychology of zen : understanding reports of Japanese / Reggie Pawle

Zen masters on the experience of no-self bridges

Our sense of self : implications of recent brain imaging research for its changes during absorption and kensho / James Austin

Similarities, differences, and implications in the patient/analyst and student/spiritual teacher relationship / Stan Perelman

Psychotherapy theory

No self and the emptying God : dwelling in the emptying place / Ken Miller

Empty rowboats : no - blame and other therapeutic effects of no-self in long-term psychotherapyand psychoanalysis / Polly Young-Eisendrath

Experience of self in zen and Christian mysticism / Bruce Tift

Psychotherapy practice

Polarity processing : self/no-self, the transcendent function and wholeness / Deon Van Zyl

Stop running / Dale Mathers

Mindfulness and the technology of healing / Chris Mace

Dying to be born : transformative surrender within analytical psychology from a clinician's perspective / Gordon Wallace

Mysticism and spirituality

Experience of self in zen and Christian mysticism / Daisuke Shimizu

Self/no self in the therapeutic dialogue according to Martin Buber's dialogue philosophy / Tamar Kron

Muso Soseki (1275-1351) : the art of surviving the world full of conflicts / Shoji Muramoto

Myth and fairytale

The image of Mahavairocana-tatha-gata emerging from the therapist at a crucial point of therapy / Konoyu Nakamura

The healing properties of a fairy tale / David Hart

Breaking the spells of self : how insights from fairy tales and Buddhist psychology can be applied in therapeutic practice / Jim Grant

Re-introduction

Oscillations : reload / Paul Cooper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

9780415436052

0415436052

9780415436069

0415436060

OCLC:

244057121

Publisher Number:

99934681318