{"product_id":"zen-insight-psychoanalytic-action-seiso-paul-cooper-9781782205784","title":"Zen Insight, Psychoanalytic Action: Two Arrows Meeting","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from original source material, contemporary scholarship, and Wilfred Bion's psychoanalytic writings, \u003ci\u003eZen Insight, Psychoanalytic Action: Two Arrows Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Zen notion of \"\u003cem\u003egūjin, \u003c\/em\u003e\" or total exertion, and elaborates a realizational perspective that integrates Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloped by the thirteenth century Zen teacher and founder of the Japanese Soto Zen school, Eihei Dogen, \u003cem\u003egūjin \u003c\/em\u003efinds expression and is referenced in various contemporary scholarly and religious commentaries. This book explains this pivotal Zen concept and addresses themes by drawing from translated source material, academic scholarship, traditional Zen \u003cem\u003ekōans\u003c\/em\u003e and teaching stories, extensive commentarial literature, interpretive writings by contemporary Soto Zen teachers, psychoanalytic theory, clinical material, and poetry, as well as the author's thirty years of personal experience as a psychoanalyst, supervisor, psychoanalytic educator, ordained Soto Zen priest, and transmitted Soto Zen teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a realizational perspective that integrates Zen and psychoanalytic concepts, the book addresses anxiety-driven interferences to deepened Zen practice, extends the scope and increases the effectiveness of clinical work for the psychotherapist, and facilitates deepened experiences for both the Buddhist and the secular meditation practitioner. \u003ci\u003eTwo Arrows Meeting \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of great interest to researchers in the fields of Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis. It will also appeal to meditation practitioners and psychoanalysts in practice and training.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seiso Paul Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782205780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782205784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d","brand":"Seiso Paul Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437041627391,"sku":"9781782205784","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c686445-0a38-45ba-9968-b545e0c0a3f7.jpg?v=1777159466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zen-insight-psychoanalytic-action-seiso-paul-cooper-9781782205784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}