Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-242) and index.
Contents
Light and shadow -- Eastern ideals -- The joys and perils of individuality -- Mirrors and reflections -- Spirituality: local and express -- Psychotherapy in the context of ongoing Buddhist practice -- Ego, ego on the wall: what is ego after all? -- Anger: abandon it or express it? -- A middle path on anger -- Embodied love -- Attachment east and west -- Traditional approaches to nonattachment -- Making nonattachment real -- Presence and absence in life and practice -- Practice, performance, and finding our voices -- Life as pilgrimage.
Summary
"This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners who look to Eastern spiritual traditions for guidance and support - and find themselves confused or disappointed."--Jacket.