Buddha philosophy and western psychology.
Indian journal of psychiatry January 1, 2013 Tapas Kumar Aich 49 citations
Buddha's Four Noble Truths describe life as suffering (Duhkha), its cause (Duhkha-samudaya), its cessation (Duhkha-nirodha), and the Eightfold Path (right views, resolve, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration) as the way to end suffering. Mid-20th-century collaborations between psychoanalysts and Buddhist scholars are seen as a meeting of two powerful forces in the Western mind. Buddhism and Western psychology overlap in theory and practice, with parallels to phenomenological, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, and existential psychology. Alan Watts noted Buddhism resembles psychotherapy more than Western philosophy or religion. The author considers Buddha a unique psychotherapist whose methods helped millions.