description: This is a unique exposition of the elements of Buddhist Psychology in simple terms using illustrations from day to day real experience aiming at immediate results in our search for happiness and success, and the avoidance of harmful mental conditions that cause loss and pain. The book (168 pages A5) is equally useful for those practising in the mental health profession, and for people who have an interest in seeking success and happiness based on the development of the mind. The book will be a useful tool for spiritual seekers. Topics covered include the ultimate bases of mental deficiencies and mental problems together with suggested approaches to general solutions. The book deals with the common mental states that cause us problems, unhappiness and failure in life and suggests solutions. Dependable methods of clearing, managing and developing of the mind are discussed in very simple terms, using familiar Australian settings. The formation and effect of perceptions, how to use these to our advantage, and how to avoid becoming slaves to our perceptions, and how perceptions manipulate memory are also discussed. The value of concepts and practices in Buddhist Psychology as compared with similar concepts and practices in the well known schools of Western Psychology are examined. Other topics include consciousness, senses and sensations, memory, analysis of the thought process, analysis of the individual and models to depict the structure and operation of the mind.
title: Basic Buddhist Psychology: The Building Blocks
titlecomplete: Basic Buddhist Psychology: The Building Blocks
publisher: Washington Enterprises