Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Author: Erich Fromm
Desc: Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis Erich Fromm D. T. Suzuki and De Martino. Approximately one third of this book is a long discussion by Suzuki that gives a Buddhist analysis of the mind its levels and the methodology of extending awareness beyond the merely discursive level of thought. In producing this analysis Suzuki gives a theoretical explanation for many of the swordsmanship teaching stories in Zen and Japanese Culture that otherwise would seem to involve mental telepathy extrasensory perception etc.