Buddhist Psychology

Foundation of Buddhist Thought #3

by Geshe Tashi Tsering, Gordon McDougall (Editor), Thubten Zopa (Foreword)

This new volume from the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, provides a stand-alone and systematic - but accessible - entry into how Buddhism understands the mind. Geshe Tashi, an English-speaking Tibetan monk who lives in London, was trained from boyhood in a traditional Tibetan monastery and is adept in communicating this classical training to a modern Western audience.

Buddhist Psychology addresses both the nature of the mind and how we know what we know. Just as scientists observe and catalog the material world, Buddhists for centuries have been observing and cataloging the components of inner experience. The result is a rich and subtle knowledge that can be harnessed to the goal of increasing human well being.

Genres: Buddhism, Nonfiction, Psychology, Religion, Philosophy

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2006

About the author

Geshe Tashi Tsering was born in Tibet in 1958 and received his Geshe Lharampa degree (similar to a doctorate in divinity) from Sera Monastery in India in 1987. Since 1994, he has been the guiding teacher of the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, while also teaching at other Buddhist centers worldwide.

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Reviews

[Demi]

This is definitely a must have for any studying Buddhist of the Tibetan tradition. Geshe Tashi Tsering explains the Gelug's way of understanding the mind perfectly.

[DRugh]

Part of an excellent series on Buddhist thought.

[Luke]

“love, according to buddhism, is wishing someone to be happy. it is nothing more than that. it is not attachment or lust; it is a simple and beautiful emotion.”

[Mckinley]

Cover topics: mind in Buddhism, mind and mental factors, mental afflictions, dealing with negative emotions, wholesome mental factors, conception and perception, knowledge,

[Sunny]

Clear and worth reading over.

[Chuck]

Although pretty technical it rewards the reader with a lot of good information.

[Jaime Bayona]

Perfecto para entender los puntos en común y diferencias entre la concepción de mente del budismo y los procesos cognitivos en psicología

[Kely]

this was for a class...

[Kandachamy Vijayakumaran]

A wonderful book giving insight into the not much understood subject of Buddhist psychology.