Foreword by Jeremy D. Safran ............................... vii
Preface ..................................................... xi
1 A Personal Journey through Buddhism and Psychoanalysis ....... i
2 Is Buddhism a Religion? Is Psychoanalysis a Scientific
System? ..................................................... 35
3 Asian Monastic Teachers and the Western Psyche .............. 65
4 Transmission and Transference: The Role of Idealization in
Healing ..................................................... 83
5 Culture and Suffering ...................................... 107
6 Desire and Aggression: Two of the Three Poisons ............ 139
7 When Analysts Meditate and Buddhists Analyze ............... 173
8 Healing Goals in Buddhism and Psychoanalysis:
Enlightenment and Integration .............................. 211
Acknowledgments ............................................ 235
Bibliography ............................................... 239
Index ...................................................... 253
About the Author ........................................... 263
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