| Description |
1 online resource (5 audio files) : digital |
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06:16:11 |
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audio file rda |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Mark Epstein, M.D. |
| Summary |
With great insight, and in a deeply personal style, Epstein offers readers a how-to guide that refuses a quick fix, grounded in two traditions devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better life. Using the Eightfold Path, eight areas of self-reflection that Buddhists believe necessary for enlightenment, as his scaffolding, Epstein looks back productively on his own experience and that of his patients. While the ideas of the Eightfold Path are as old as Buddhism itself, when informed by the sensibility of Western psychotherapy, they become something more: a road map for spiritual and psychological growth, a way of dealing with the intractable problem of the ego. Breaking down the wall between East and West, Epstein brings a Buddhist sensibility to therapy and a therapist's practicality to Buddhism. Speaking clearly and directly, he offers a rethinking of mindfulness that encourages people to be more watchful of their ego, an idea with a strong foothold in Buddhism but now for the first time applied in the context of psychotherapy. Our ego is at once our biggest obstacle and our greatest hope. We can be at its mercy or we can learn to mold it. Completely unique and practical, Epstein's advice can be used by all--each in his or her own way--and will provide wise counsel in a confusing world. After all, as he says, "Our egos can use all the help they can get. |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 174480 KB). |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Psychology. -- Sound recordings.
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. -- Sound recordings.
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Egoism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. -- Sound recordings.
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Buddhism -- Doctrines. -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Electronic audiobooks.
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| ISBN |
9780525528708 (sound recording) |
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