Close encounters of a new kind: toward An integration of psychoanalysis and Buddhism

摘要

The relationship between psychoanalysis and Eastern meditative disci- plines has intrigued me for many years. I have immersed myself in both disciplines since the late 1970s in the hope of ascertaining what light they might shed on the art of living. Judiciously integrating them can open up new vistas that might ultimately enrich our lives and the lives of the people in pain with whom we work.