Buddhist Psychology

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 3

Tashi Tsering, Gordon McDougall

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2006
• ISBN:
  9780861719617
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Buddhism

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Preface
• Editor’s Preface
• 1. Mind in Buddhism
• 2. Main Minds and Mental Factors
• 3. Mental Afflictions
• 4. Dealing with Negative Emotions
• 5. Wholesome Mental Factors
• 6. Epistemology: Conception and Perception
• 7. Moving Toward Knowledge
• Appendix: The Fifty-one Mental Factors
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors
• The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
• Also Available from The Foundation of Buddhist Thought Series
• About Wisdom Publications
• Copyright