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Buddhism First Came To The West Many Centuries Ago Through The Greeks, Who Also Influenced Some Of The Culture And Practices Of Indian Buddhism. As Buddhism Has Spread Beyond India, It Has Always Been Affected By The Indigenous Traditions Of Its New Homes. When Buddhism Appeared In America And Europe In The 1950s And 1960s, It Encountered Contemporary Psychology And Psychotherapy, Rather Than Religious Traditions. Since The 1990s, Many Efforts Have Been Made By Westerners To Analyze And Integrate The Similarities And Differences Between Buddhism And It Therapeutic Ancestors, Particularly Jungian Psychology. Taking Japanese Zen-buddhism As Its Starting Point, This Volume Is A Collection Of Critiques, Commentaries, And Histories About A Particular Meeting Of Buddhism And Psychology. It Is Based On The Zen Buddhism And Psychotherapy Conference That Took Place In Kyoto, Japan, In 1999, Expanded By Additional Papers, And Includes: New Perspectives On Buddhism And Psychology, East And West Cautions And Insights About Potential Confusions Traditional Ideas In A New Light. It Also Features A New Translation Of The Conversation Between Schin'ichi Hisamatsu And Carl Jung Which Took Place In 1958. Awakening And Insight Expresses A Meeting Of Minds, Japanese And Western, In A Way That Opens New Questions About And Sheds New Light On Our Subjective Lives. It Will Be Of Great Interest To Students, Scholars And Practitioners Of Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, And Analytical Psychology, As Well As Anyone Involved In Zen Buddhism.
This volume investigates the intersection and potential integration of Zen Buddhism and Western psychological frameworks, specifically Jungian analysis. The authors, Polly Young-Eisendrath and Shoji Muramoto, curate a collection of scholarly critiques and historical analyses derived from a 1999 conference in Kyoto. By examining the historical and cultural exchange between Eastern spiritual traditions and Western clinical practices, the text seeks to clarify the subjective experiences of the self within both systems.
What You Will Find
Experts and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy and religious studies recognize this work as a significant contribution to the dialogue between Eastern and Western thought. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational resource for those interested in the cross-cultural application of psychological theory.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2004-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203361059
ISBN-13:
9780203361054
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