Awakening and Insight: Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy

The book is organized into three main parts. The first part presents new perspectives on Buddhism and psychology in both Eastern and Western contexts, discussing religion, psychotherapy, Jungian thought, suffering, relational therapy, mindfulness, and the self. The second part addresses possible confusions in the dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy, including the Jung-Hisamatsu conversation, American Zen, Buddhist psychology, and the relationship between Zen thought and modern therapeutic methods. The third part reconsiders traditional Buddhist ideas in light of psychological inquiry, including karma, individuation, the Consciousness-Only school, the problem of mind in early Buddhism, Buddhist psychology in modern Japan, and lived therapeutic practice.