Ordinary Mind : Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychoanalysis
by Magid, Barry; Beck, Charlotte JokoFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Wisdom Publications
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Summary
Examines the benefits of Buddhist meditation and practice on thesychotherapeutic process, outlining their potential opportunities anditfalls while citing the importance of personal realization and fulfillments part of the healing journey.
Author Biography
Barry Magid is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing in New York City, and the founding teacher of the Ordinary Mind Zendo, also in New York. He is the author of the Wisdom titles Ordinary Mind and Ending the Pursuit of Happiness.
Charlotte Joko Beck was an American Zen teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, and author of Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. She is remembered for teaching her students to work with the emotions of everyday life, rather than attempting to escape them, and produced many Dharma heirs who are practicing psychologists and psychiatrists. She passed away in 2011, at the age of 94.
Charlotte Joko Beck was an American Zen teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, and author of Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. She is remembered for teaching her students to work with the emotions of everyday life, rather than attempting to escape them, and produced many Dharma heirs who are practicing psychologists and psychiatrists. She passed away in 2011, at the age of 94.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Psychology of the Self | p. 13 |
| Top-Down Practice: Mu: Chao-chou's Dog | p. 30 |
| Bottom-Up Practice: Just Sitting: The Goose in the Bottle | p. 40 |
| Self and Oneness: Sung-yuan's Person of Great Strength | p. 52 |
| Self and Emptiness: Hsi-chung Builds Carts | p. 59 |
| No Self: Dogen's Encouraging Words | p. 73 |
| The Myth of the Isolated Mind: Jui-yen Calls "Master" | p. 84 |
| Constancy: Nan-ch'uan Kills the Cat | p. 96 |
| Change: Sitting with Sam | p. 112 |
| Zen Is Useless: "Wash Your Bowl" | p. 125 |
| Relationship and Authority: Attachment and Detachment | p. 140 |
| One Practice or Two?: What Shakes Your Tree? | p. 155 |
| Form and No Form: "Ordinary Mind Is the Tao" | p. 164 |
| Notes | p. 169 |
| Glossary | p. 177 |
| References | p. 181 |
| Index | p. 185 |
| About the Author | p. 191 |
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