Psychology and Buddhism From Individual to Global Community

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dockett, Kathleen H. (Editor), Dudley-Grant, G. Rita. (Editor), Bankart, C. Peter. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology Series,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Health psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Health Psychology.
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Psychology and Buddhism are each concerned with understanding and transforming human behavior. Moreover, both traditions have relevance that extends beyond the individual to the community and global level. Indeed some Buddhist traditions, such as the Nichiren sect, have devoted their entire mission...

Table of Contents:

• Foundations
• On the Path of the Buddha
• Five Manifestations of the Buddha in the West
• Value and Meaning in Gestalt Psychology and Mahayana Buddhism
• Healing and Psychotherapy
• Buddhism, Psychology, and Addiction Theory in Psychotherapy
• Suffering from Biobabble
• Role of Responsibility in Daseinsanalysis and Buddhism
• Classical Buddhist Model of a Healthy Mind
• Empowerment, Responsibility, and the Challenges of Change
• Buddihist Empowerment
• The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Community Building
• Transcending Self and Other
• Environmental Problems and Buddhist Ethics
• Buddhist Social Principles
• Future Directions
• On the Path to Peace and Wholeness.