Nothing Is Hidden
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Nothing Is Hidden

The Psychology of Zen Koans

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nothing Is Hidden

The Psychology of Zen Koans

About this book

In this inspiring and incisive offering, Barry Magid uses the language of modern psychology and psychotherapy to illuminate one of Buddhism's most powerful and often mysterious technologies: the Zen koan. What's more, Magid also uses the koans to expand upon the insights of psychology (especially self psychology and relational psychotherapy) and open for the reader new perspectives on the functioning of the human mind and heart. Nothing Is Hidden explores many rich themes, including facing impermanence and the inevitability of change, working skillfully with desire and attachment, and discovering when "surrender and submission" can be liberating and when they shade into emotional bypassing. With a sophisticated view of the rituals and teachings of traditional Buddhism, Magid helps us see how we sometimes subvert meditation into just another "curative fantasy" or make compassion into a form of masochism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter One: Wholeness & Immediacy - “That’s Me.”
  8. Chapter Two: Who, Me? - Mu
  9. Chapter Three: The Unconscious - “Who Put You in Bondage?”
  10. Chapter Four: Motivation to Practice - Hakuin and the Sound of One Hand
  11. Chapter Five: Tradition & The Third - Huang-po and Gobblers of Dregs
  12. Chapter Six: Idealization - Hui-neng and the Original Face
  13. Chapter Seven: Appearance & Reality - The Physical Body
  14. Chapter Eight: Change & Unity - Kuei-shan’s Buffalo
  15. Chapter Nine: Traumatic Dissociation - Ch’ien and Her Soul Are Separated
  16. Chapter Ten: Facing Impermanence - Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha
  17. Chapter Eleven: Desire & Attachment - The Old Woman, the Hermit, and the Young Girl
  18. Chapter Twelve: Mutual Recognition - Yün-men’s Medicine and Disease
  19. Chapter Thirteen: Difference - Liu and Kuei-shan
  20. Chapter Fourteen: The Last Word - Hsueh-feng the Rice Cook
  21. Chapter Fifteen: Doing Things with Words - Feng-hsueh’s Speech and Silence
  22. Chapter Sixteen: Intergenerational Karma - Pai-chang and the Fox
  23. Chapter Seventeen: Uselessness - The Koan of Just Sitting
  24. Chapter Eighteen: Wholeness vs. Wholesomeness - The Precepts
  25. Chapter Nineteen: Surrender & Submission - No Heat or Cold
  26. Chapter Twenty: Self-Sacrifice vs. Compassion - Torei Enji’s “Bodhisattva’s Vow”
  27. Chapter Twenty-One: Alive or Dead - Tao-shuai’s Three Barriers
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two: Endings - Build Me a Seamless Monument
  29. Conclusion: Insight - Wash Your Bowls
  30. Notes
  31. References
  32. Index
  33. About the Author
  34. About Wisdom Publications