Through a series of thoughtful, evocative essays, a psychiatrist shows readers how to generate harmony in their everyday lives, using attention, focus, devotion, and commitment as a means to persevere in a world filled with conflict and violence. One Spirit Alt.

Cultivating Inner Peace

Fleischman, Paul R.

Literature & Fiction

TarcherPerigee

This essay, acclaimed as a historic landmark in psychiatry, defines the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model, and restores dignity and excitement to the profession. For psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and psychotherapists who appreciate the complexity and depth of human nature in suffering and healing, Spiritual Aspects of Psychiatric Practice provides authoritative validation. Unique in language and concept, it enables the professional reader to awaken to the spiritual dimension of clinical practice without devaluing biology and psychodynamics.

Spiritual Aspects of Psychiatric Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Bonne Chance Pr

These eight essays explore the interface between psychiatry, science, and the timeless teachings of the Buddha. Drawn from the personal experiences of a therapist and practitioner of Vipassana meditation, this work explores meditation’s similarities and differences with psychotherapeutic and scientific endeavors. In the title essay, parallels are drawn between the atomic synthesis of free choice and lawful consequence in Chaos Theory and karma, offering contemporary insights into one of Buddhism’s core concepts. The empirical roots of meditation, its relevance to daily life, and the challenges and benefits of daily practice of Vipassana meditation are also addressed. Practical examples for continued observation outside of formal meditation retreats guide readers in incorporating Buddhist practice into daily life.

Karma and Chaos: New and Collected Essays on Vipassana Meditation

Pariyatti Publishing

Having gone through hardcover and paperback editions at Paragon House Publishers, The Healing Spirit is being reprinted by Bonne Chance Press because it has established itself as the classic text of psychiatry and religion. It describes an elemental psychology of religion, in which the exalted and troubling themes that are universal to the human condition, and that can be found in all sacred texts, can be clearly defined, located, and then utilized in psychotherapy. Using human stories and great classics of religious literature, it reveals why religion can be healing, soothing, inspiring, or the source of cruel, violent, and destructive hatreds. Based on a seminar that the author taught for eight years at the school of medicine, Yale University, the book evokes an atmosphere of intimate exchange among psychotherapists about the moving and meaningful issues that arise in the clinical encounter.

The Healing Spirit: Explorations in Religion and Psychotherapy

Religion & Spirituality

Paragon_House

This collection of prose poems is based upon the teaching of the Buddha. The selections have been chosen for inspiration, rather than representing the full span of the teaching. We have previously presented them as slides, or read them aloud to friends, on various occasions, such as after workshops, following assistant teacher meetings, around fireplaces in national parks, or after evening metta. They have consistently been received with appreciation, and have evoked multiple requests for their publication. All of these compositions combine the Buddha’s thoughts with contemporary phrasing. They cannot be considered direct quotes from the Pali Canon, because we have worked only with English language translations, and because we have combined similar passages, or modified the language for readability. But at the same time, we can’t claim that these words are original to us because they are in the spirit of the Buddha. They are brief, poetic, re-speaking of some of the Buddha’s most important ideas. They are sparks from the campfire that continue to glow in the dark.

In the Spirit of the Buddha

Fleischman, Susan K.

Pariyatti Press

Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A warm and stimulating book, this text describes the India into which the Buddha was born, recounts what is known of his life and the development of his teachings, and then follows the course of Buddhism through succeeding centuries in India and Sri Lanka. Far from being a recluse concerned only with an inner mystical experience, the Buddha always involved himself closely in the social and political world of his time. If he preached detachment from many of the things by which ordinary men are tied, he did so as a means of enriching life rather than escaping it. These examinations and more make this a book to reveal the social-revolutionary potential of Buddhism. (Note: This title was previously published under ISBN 9781938754326. Due to technical issues a new ISBN had to be assigned. Rest assured that both versions of this title are exactly the same.)

The Buddha: The Social-Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism

Ling, Trevor

Buddhism

The way to inner peace is illuminated in this accessible guide to tending one's inner landscape. The lives of outstanding figures such as the Buddha, Walt Whitman, and Gandhi are used to connect the ideal of inner peace with how real people cultivate peace in their everyday lives. Peacefulness as dynamic, selective, and egoless is shown through the constructive act of choosing different ways of life, such as having a smaller family or a more modest career. A message of hope and inspiration permeates this pragmatic approach and is exemplified by the author's own practice of meditation.

Cultivating Inner Peace: Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha, and Others

A warm and stimulating book, this text describes the India into which the Buddha was born, recounts what is known of his life and the development of his teachings, and then follows the course of Buddhism through succeeding centuries in India and Sri Lanka. Far from being a recluse concerned only with an inner mystical experience, the Buddha always involved himself closely in the social and political world of his time. If he preached detachment from many of the things by which ordinary men are tied, he did so as a means of enriching life rather than escaping it. These examinations and more make this a book to reveal the social-revolutionary potential of Buddhism.

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Cultivating Inner Peace

Spiritual Aspects of Psychiatric Practice

Karma and Chaos: New and Collected Essays on Vipassana Meditation

The Healing Spirit: Explorations in Religion and Psychotherapy

In the Spirit of the Buddha

Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism

The Buddha: The Social-Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism

Cultivating Inner Peace: Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha, and Others

The Buddha: The Social-Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism