The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life by Jacobs, Beth

The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781623171308)

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The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life by Jacobs, Beth

The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life

$17.95
The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life by Jacobs, Beth

The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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Drawing on decades of experience, a psychotherapist and Zen practitioner makes the Abhidharma--the original psychological system of Buddhism--accessible to a general audience for the first time.

The Abhidharma, one of the three major text collections of the original Buddhist canon, explores the critical juncture of Buddhist thought and the therapeutic aspects of the religion and meditation. It frames the psychological system of Buddhism, explaining the workings of reality and the nature of the human mind.

Composed of detailed matrixes and lists that outline the interaction of consciousness and reality, The Abhidharma explores the essence of perception and experience, and the reasons and methods behind mindfulness and meditation.

Because of its complexity, the Abhidharma has traditionally been reserved only for academic or monastic study; now, for the first time, clinical psychologist Beth Jacobs makes this dynamic, important text and its teachings available to general readers, using practical explanation, personal stories, and vivid examples to gently untangle the technical aspects of the Abhidharma.

Jacobs' work illuminates this classic of Buddhist thought, highlighting the ways it can broaden and deepen our experience of the human psyche and offering profound insights into spiritual practice.

Author: Beth Jacobs
ISBN-10: 162317130X
ISBN-13: 9781623171308
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2017
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
By Beth Jacobs
By Beth Jacobs
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BETH JACOBS, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice and a former faculty member of the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. A lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, Jacobs incorporates Buddhist studies and meditation into her work as both a psychologist and a writer. She is the author of Writing for Emotional Balance (2005) as well as an award-winning
column for the National Association for Poetry Therapy.

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