Let go! Theory & Practice of Detachment According to Zen

Benoît, Hubert

Religion & Spirituality

Red Wheel/Weiser LLC,US

The interior realization

Literature & Fiction

Red Wheel/Weiser

ìHistory and anthropology make it abundantly clear that societies composed of individuals who think, feel, believe and act according to the most preposterous conventions can survive for long periods of time. Statistical normality is perfectly compatible with a high degree of folly and wickednessÖ In so far as he is a psychotherapist, the Oriental philosopher tries to help statistically normal individuals to become normal in the other, more fundamental sense of the wordÖ This process of intellectual and psycho-physical adjustment to the Nature of Things is the ësupreme doctrineí of Zen Buddhism, which Dr Benoit discusses in the light of Western psychological theory and Western psychiatric practiseÖ This is a book that should be read by everyone who aspires to know who he is and what he can do to acquire such self-knowledge.î From the Foreword by Aldous Huxley.ìThe Supreme Doctrine is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatristÖ this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself.î T. H. Barrett, SOAS, University of London

The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Encounters in Zen Thought

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Inner Traditions International

Text: English, French (translation)

The Interior Realization (English and French Edition)

Element Books Ltd.

Ã?Â?Ã?Â¬History and anthropology make it abundantly clear that societies composed of individuals who think, feel, believe and act according to the most preposterous conventions can survive for long periods of time. Statistical normality is perfectly compatible with a high degree of folly and wickednessÃ?Â?Ã?Â? In so far as he is a psychotherapist, the Oriental philosopher tries to help statistically normal individuals to become normal in the other, more fundamental sense of the wordÃ?Â?Ã?Â? This process of intellectual and psycho-physical adjustment to the Nature of Things is the Ã?Â?Ã?Â«supreme doctrineÃ?Â?Ã?Â of Zen Buddhism, which Dr Benoit discusses in the light of Western psychological theory and Western psychiatric practiseÃ?Â?Ã?Â? This is a book that should be read by everyone who aspires to know who he is and what he can do to acquire such self-knowledge.Ã?Â?Ã?Â® From the Foreword by Aldous Huxley.Ã?Â?Ã?Â¬The Supreme Doctrine is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatristÃ?Â?Ã?Â? this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself.Ã?Â?Ã?Â® T. H. Barrett, SOAS, University of London

Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought; 2nd edition

Liverpool University Press

La doctrine suprême selon la pensée zen

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

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