The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought - Softcover

Benoit, Hubert

4.28

40 ratings by Goodreads

9780892810581: The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892810580 ISBN 13: 9780892810581

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, 1984

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

A classic text on what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatrist.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

""The Supreme Doctrine" is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatrist ... this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself." --T. H. Barrett, University of London

"History and anthropology make it abundantly clear that societies composed of individuals who think, feel, believe, and act according to the most preposterous conventions can survive for long periods of time. Statistical normality is perfectly compatible with a high degree of folly and wickedness ... In so far as he is a psychotherapist, the Oriental philosopher tries to help statistically normal individuals to become normal in the other, more fundamental sense of the word ... This process of intellectual and psycho-physical adjustment to the Nature of Things is the 'supreme doctrine' of Zen Buddhism, which Dr Benoit discusses in the light of Western psychological theory and Western psychiatric practise ... This is a book that should be read by everyone who aspires to know who he is and what he can do to acquire such self-knowledge." --From the Foreword by Aldous Huxley

"The Supreme Doctrine" is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatrist this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself. T. H. Barrett, University of London"

History and anthropology make it abundantly clear that societies composed of individuals who think, feel, believe, and act according to the most preposterous conventions can survive for long periods of time. Statistical normality is perfectly compatible with a high degree of folly and wickedness In so far as he is a psychotherapist, the Oriental philosopher tries to help statistically normal individuals to become normal in the other, more fundamental sense of the word This process of intellectual and psycho-physical adjustment to the Nature of Things is the supreme doctrine of Zen Buddhism, which Dr Benoit discusses in the light of Western psychological theory and Western psychiatric practise This is a book that should be read by everyone who aspires to know who he is and what he can do to acquire such self-knowledge. From the Foreword by Aldous Huxley"

The Supreme Doctrine is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatrist this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself. T. H. Barrett, University of London"

"The Supreme Doctrine is a cogent statement of what Zen thought had to offer the practising Western psychiatrist ... this is a book which assuredly still speaks for itself." --T. H. Barrett, University of London

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.