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Seiso Paul Cooper

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Thinking's bad rap: the uses and Misuses of Zen Buddhist meditation in psychoanalytic therapy.

American journal of psychoanalysis March 1, 2025 Seiso Paul Cooper

The author makes a distinction between the expressive Soto Zen practice of shikantaza (just sitting, only sitting) that was promulgated by Eihei Dōgen, (1200-1253) the founder of the Soto Zen Buddhist school in Japan and various instrumental/facilitative and "quietist" contemplative practices. Different contemplative practices reflect and express the underlying assumptions, guiding principles...