Psychology of Awakening - by Gay Watson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This collection of essays on various facets of Buddhism explores the religion's relevance, philosophy, and practice in the modern world. Writers include David Brazier, Francisco J. Varela, Geshe Thubten Jinpa, Jon Kabat Zinn, and Mark Epstein.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Gay Watson, Stephen Batchelor, and Guy Claxton have compiled a wideranging and penetrating selection of articles on the relevance and application of Buddhist philosophy and practice in the modern Western world. Divided into four parts, the book explores the philosophical issues in Buddhism and the contemporary mind/ the scientific perspective of Buddhist concepts of the development of body, mind, and spirit/ Buddhism and psychotherapy/ and practical applications of Buddhism in contemporary life.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gay Watson trained as a psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute of Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist inspired psychotherapy. Concurrently she attained a first class honors degree followed by a doctorate in the field of Buddhist Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. She is the author of Resonance of Emptiness: A Buddhist Inspiration for a Contemporary Psychotherapy (RoutledgeCurzon, 2001) and coeditor of The Psychology of Awakening (Samuel Weiser, 2001). She is currently associated with The Karuna Institute and Sharpham College of Buddhism and Contemporary Inquiry, and a member of the editorial board of Contemporary Buddhism. She lives in Devon, UK, and is a Trustee of the Dartington Hall Trust.
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