Two arrows meeting: Zen insight, psychoanalytic action
July 17, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9780429458606-9 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism |
| Key points | Argues that psychoanalytic conceptualizations of fluctuating mind states during the analytic encounter can be brought together with recent psychoanalytic contributions on listening, and that the notion of intention serves as a guiding principle in both psychoanalytic listening and intervention and in Zen study and practice. |
Abstract
Since the mid-1980s, a number of articles have appeared in the psychoanalytic literature regarding the relationship between the Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhist technique of vipassana or "mindfulness meditation" and psychoanalytic listening. Despite differences in theory and technique, the experience of personal analysis continues to serve as the sine qua non of effective psychoanalytic training. It is a well-known fact that there exists a great variation in any analyst&s;s capacity for effective psychoanalytic listening. This chapter discusses contemporary psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the various fluctuating mind states that occur during the psychoanalytic encounter with an eye toward weaving in recent psychoanalytic contributions that influence different conceptualizations of psychoanalytic listening. It also discusses the significance and the influence of the notion of intention as a guiding principle in both psychoanalytic listening and intervention and in Zen study and practice.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Buddhist Modernism and the Rhetoric of Meditative Experience | 1995 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Too Early to Tell: The Potential Impact and Challenges—Ethical and Otherwise—Inherent in the Mainstreaming of Dharma in an Increasingly Dystopian World | 2017 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From self to nonself: The Nonself Theory | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |