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Drawing on a lifetime of monastic training in Thailand, Burma, and India, Jack Kornfield presents a clear and illuminating path to Buddhism’s transformational psychology. With vivid stories from his psychotherapy practice and portraits of revered teachers, he shows how careful analysis of emotion and thought, combined with precise healing techniques, can nurture the nobility and sacredness of the human spirit. The book offers a vision of radiant human dignity that contrasts sharply with the medical orientation of most Western psychology, and provides a concrete, compassionate route to realizing this dignity in everyday life.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism
Authors: Jack Kornfield
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