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The Roots of Buddhist Psychology | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Kornfield
Publisher: Sounds True
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 961740
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 6
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Dimensions (in): 10 x 9.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1564553477
Dewey Decimal Number: 150
EAN: 9781564553478
ASIN: 1564553477
Publication Date: March 1996
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Book Description
The Buddha said many times that just as the great oceans have but one taste, so do all the true teachings of the dharma: the taste of freedom. Jack Kornfield's The Roots of Buddhist Psychology is an invitation to drink deeply of these teachings - to taste the wisdom that flows from the heart of Buddhism's most useful ideas on the interior life and what brings awakening, freedom, and happiness. Jack Kornfield opens this eternal view of the mind for all listeners on this six-cassette collection. From Suffering to Enlightenment Among the world's great religions, Buddhism has developed a rich psychology based not on metaphysics, but on the human predicament. Through its strategies, you can discover for yourself how to find true freedom from worldly suffering. Buddhism views the mind as a maze of feelings, perceptions, and emotional states. Unhappiness is rooted in unskillful responses to our world: grasping when things are pleasant, aversion when they are unpleasant, and delusion/confusion when they are neutral. Through awareness training, Kornfield teaches, you can transform these responses into real skills that are the path to awakening and freedom. Like no other teaching course, The Roots of Buddhist Psychology gives you these immediate strategies for living in the present: 12 profound lectures - each one a gem of intelligent wisdom - on Buddhism's central teachings about the psyche and sacred attention. Here are nine hours of specific instruction, taught in the classic tradition and enlivened with many parables, worldly stories, and thoughts from artists, philosophers, and writers who have helped us see how to live true, useful lives. Join Jack Kornfield on The Roots of Buddhist Psychology and discover for yourself that what you seek is already here.
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 Basic & very soft approach--worth 3.45 stars June 14, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Admittedly, this is entitled "The Roots..." so it's pretty basic--mostly Theravada per Kornfield's training/master but including some Mahayana. He's very calm & soft voiced, which strangely I found annoying. It seems very "Feeler" oriented from a Myers-Briggs/Jungian perspective. There isn't much new or profound but it might be good as a starter--on the other hand his very fine book "A Path with Heart" is much better. I'd also recommend the works of Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron such as "Taming the Mind" & "Working with Anger."
 Emasculated Spirituality August 19, 2000
24 out of 45 found this review helpful
At one point in this tape set, Kornfield warns that the path of peace is not a path of emasculated spirituality. Unfortunately, his whining, artificial, NPR-esque voice has already alerted the listener that in his case, it just might be. . . I was familiar with Kornfield through his book, "A Path With Heart," which is an excellent read. I was expecting this tape set to be similarly 'enlightening.' It is not. The tapes deal sparingly with what Kornfield terms 'Buddhist psychology'; they deal at great length with various New Age concerns and Kornfield's attachments to certain residual 60's fancies. Kornfield occasionally quotes from Buddhist masters; he more frequently quotes from his apparent heros, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, and the author of "Children's Letters to God." My impression from this tape series is that Kornfield is quite hung up on his pet causes and that he is using the mantle of Buddhism to promote his own beliefs. For California Buddhists, this series may be IT, but for anyone seeking the genuine article, I'd suggest you look elsewhere.
 wonderful, wise and compassionate teacher at his best December 21, 1999
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Wholeheartedly recommend these tapes by Jack Kornfield. He is a very wise teacher, and these tapes have kept me company through the ups and downs of my own spiritual practice. A wonderful, erudite but grounded collection of teachings.
Teacher of Metaphysics September 19, 1999
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Jack Kornfield is an excellent teacher of metaphysics. He weaves the reader through the teachings of Buddhist Psychology like an artist uncovering an image that cannot be seen apart from an inner vision revealing itself. He illuminates these teachings in practical ways that are easily used in daily life. -- Samuel Oliver, author of, WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING.
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