Feeling Wisdom: Working with Emotions Using Buddhist Teachings and Western Psychology

Rob Preece

ISBN 10: 1611801680 / ISBN 13: 9781611801682

Published by Shambhala Publications Inc, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feeling Wisdom: Working with Emotions Using Buddhist Teachings and Western Psychology
• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611801680
• ISBN 13: 9781611801682
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A psychologist and longtime practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism shows how emotions relate to spiritual practice--that our feeling life is truly at the heart of our awakening.

     The realm of emotion is one of those areas where Buddhism and Western psychology are often thought to be at odds: Are emotions to be valued, examined, worked with as signs leading us to deeper self-knowledge? Or are they something to be ignored and avoided as soon as we recognize them? Rob Preece feels that neither of those extremes is correct. He charts a path through the emotions as they relate to Buddhist practice, showing that though emotions are indeed "skandhas" (elements that make up the illusory self) according to the Buddhist teaching, there is a good deal to be learned from these skandhas, and paying attention to their content contributes not only to psychological health but to deep insight into the nature of reality. He draws on his own experiences with emotions and meditation, through both his training in Tibetan Buddhism and psychotherapy, to show how working with emotions can be a complement to meditation practice.

About the Author

ROB PREECE is a contemplative psychotherapist who's been practicing analysis for twenty years and Buddhism for around thirty. His work focuses on the interface between Buddhism and transpersonal psychology. A former faculty member of Sharpham College, he spent 1980 through 1985 on retreat in the Himalayas, and he's also an accomplished thangka painter. He leads meditation retreats and workshops that compare Jungian and Buddhist views of psychology. He has published four previous books with Snow Lion.