Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas

by Claudio Naranjo

Dionysian Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas will assist readers in exploring their own emotional landscapes. This sequence of thirty guided meditations by the renowned spiritual teacher and psychotherapist Claudio Naranjo is structured to guide individuals towards acceptance of what is and to be fully present -- to meet pain with joy, expand awareness into consciousness and to learn how to share in the full presence of others. The “Dionysian” context of Buddhism provides a lens in which to interpret non-attachment through noninterference with the stream of life. Naranjo draws on a wide range of Buddhist traditions, from Theravada to Vajrayana, in order to create a work that emphasizes both the experiential and multifaceted aspects of meditation. As Naranjo says, "Only a change of consciousness might save our world, and that in view of this collective shift in consciousness there is nothing more relevant we can do than start with ourselves."

176 pages, Paperback

Published July 12, 2022

About the author

Claudio Naranjo was a Chilean psychiatrist. He was co-developer of the Enneagram of Personality. His studies and investigations oftenly focused in the search of spirituality to find mental stability, and also some times, the use of lisergic substance to free hidden and harmful thoughts.

Reviews

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is both dense and rich with information. Very much a Westerner's guide to various branches of Buddhism. I appreciated the rhythm of lessons with practices, but some of it was clearly a transcription and harder to relate to as a written work.