Awakening and Insight: Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy

by Polly Young-Eisendrath

Book Overview

Buddhism first came to the West many centuries ago through the Greeks, who also influenced some of the culture and practices of Indian Buddhism. As Buddhism has spread beyond India, it has always been affected by the indigenous traditions of its new homes. When Buddhism appeared in America and Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, it encountered contemporary psychology and psychotherapy, rather than religious traditions. Since the 1990s, many efforts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415217946
• ISBN13: 9780415217941
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"