Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Sangharakshita ( 1966 )
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- 1 Introduction: comparisons between East and West 17:36
- 2 Infantile attitudes: Man’s tendency to regress to dependence on an omnipotent being 13:25
- 3 Man’s questions answered by man himself 11:25
- 4 The Buddha as physician; Buddhism as therapy 11:11
- 5 Limitations of psychoanalysis 07:53
Talk Details
Investigating the relationship between Buddhism and the principles of the major schools of psychoanalysis, Sangharakshita concludes that though there is much in common, psychoanalysis is limited in its understanding of human potential, often working only with concepts of 'normality'.
