If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553278323)

A fresh, realistic approach to altering one's destiny and accepting the responsibility that grows with freedom.

No meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddahood of each of us has already been obtained. We only need to recognize it.

"The most important things that each man must learn no one can teach him. Once he accepts this disappointment, he will be able to stop depending on the therapist, the guru who turns out to be just another struggling human being."

Using the myth of Gilgamesh, Siddhartha, The Wife of Bath, Don Quizote . . . the works of Buber, Ginsberg, Shakespeare, Karka, Nin, Dante and Jung . . . a brilliant psychotherapist, guru and pilgrim shares the epic tales and intimate revelations that help to shape Everyman's journey through life.

Author: Sheldon Kopp
ISBN-10: 0553278320
ISBN-13: 9780553278323
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1982
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 6.85h x 4.19w x 0.73d