Zen Buddhism and the Reality of Suffering
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Zen Buddhism and the Reality of Suffering

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Zen Buddhism and the Reality of Suffering

About this book

This book offers an accessible guide to the role that Zen has played and, alongside Buddhism, might play in both Eastern and Western attempts to alleviate mental suffering.  Since its beginnings 2500 years ago, the central belief of Buddhism has been that what we perceive as "reality" is a mental representation; a religious belief which has since been substantiated by the evidence of neuroscience. The work and progress of clinical medicine, psychiatry and psychology have attempted to alleviate the sufferings of life, but the current approaches to mental health in psychiatry, the neurosciences and cognitivism don't fully address the complexity and mutual inter-relationship of the variety of factors involved in mental suffering, and its non-linear and chaotic aspects. Zen Buddhism, on the other hand, encourages access to reality, and so this book will explore, scientifically, the ways in which it's guiding principles can be deployed to support and enhance Western, clinical solutions to mental strife.

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Yes, you can access Zen Buddhism and the Reality of Suffering by Tullio Giraldi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Eastern Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9783031692437
eBook ISBN
9783031692444
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Eastern Philosophy
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Prologue
  4. 2. Buddhism, a Religion Beyond Religions
  5. 3. Zen, Beyond Buddhism
  6. 4. Zen Moves West
  7. 5. Psychology Discovers Zen
  8. 6. The Mind and the Natural World: Buddhism, Science and the Reality of Reality
  9. 7. Science and the Natural World: The Puzzle of Complex Nonlinear and Chaotic Phenomena
  10. 8. Mindfulness East and West, Cognitive Therapies and Biological Psychiatry
  11. 9. Zen Meditation in an Open Public Mental Health Institution
  12. 10. Epilogue
  13. Back Matter