The Happiness Project: Transforming the Three Poisons that Cause the Suffering We Inflict on Ourselves and Others...an intriguing and cogent examination of suffering through the perspectives of psychoanalysis and Buddhism...a substantial contribution.--Jerry Piven, The New School |
Contents
The Secrets of Happiness | 11 |
The Reconciliation of Science and Religion | 27 |
The Case History of a Typical Sufferer | 40 |
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actions Adam and Eve aggression animal antithetical Augustine aware basic believe brain Buddha Buddhist Buddhist view called cause of suffering Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche compassion conflict consciousness death dualistic mind emptiness Ernest Becker ethics evil evolution facts of existence fear feelings four noble truths Happiness Project idea identity ignorance impermanence individual karma Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche language Leifer live means meditation mental illness metaphor modern moral motivated myth narcissism nature ness neurosis neurotic noble truth numinous object Oedipus one's original sin ourselves pain patient Plato pleasure point of view polarization political problem psychiatry psychoanalysis psychology psychotherapy religion religious renunciation repression responsibility Rinpoche samsara scientific facts selfish desires sense sensuous sexual shamatha Sigmund Freud social society spiritual sublimation superego symbol symptoms Tanha teachings theory therapist therapy thought three poisons tion tradition transformation Western wisdom words Yahweh York zodiac