The positive psychology of Buddhism and yoga
Subtitle: paths to a mature happiness, with a special application to handling anger
By: Marvin Levine.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848728509; 9781848728516
Subjects: Buddhism -- Psychology; Yoga -- Psychology; Spiritual life -- Psychology; Maturation (Psychology) -- Religious aspects; Self-actualization (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: King Ashoka's question : what is your secret?; title: Maturity and serenity; title: The story of Siddhartha; title: The Hindu context; title: The core of the Buddha's teachings; title: The noble truth chapter of dukkha (suffering); title: The noble truth of dukkha, Part 2: Caught in the causal matrix; title: The noble truth of tanha (craving); title: The noble truth of nirvana (liberation), Part 1: Conquer the beasts within; title: The noble truth of nirvana, Part 2: The nature of attachment; title: The Buddha : the compassionate one; title: Supermaturity; title: Anatman reconsidered : you are not your mind; title: The noble truth of magga (the path); title: The noble truth of magga, Part 2: Mental discipline; title: Buddhist problem solving; title: Yoga and Buddhism; title: I discover hatha yoga; title: Savasana; title: The yogic state, Part 1: Immersion; title: The yogic state, Part 2: Transforming judgment; title: The yogic state, Part 3: Life is where you find it; title: Yogic theory : the unenlightened mind; title: The eight angas, Part 1: The practices; title: The eight angas, Part 2: The experiences; title: Yogic theory : the enlightened mind; title: Yogic problem solving; title: Buddhism, yoga, and Western psychology; title: Mindfulness and right thoughts; title: Problem solving as compassionate action; title: Empathic assertiveness as right speech; title: Psychological applications of Eastern methods; title: The nature of anger; title: Anger : assumptions and levels of expression; title: A schematic, physiological model; title: General methods for decreasing anger; title: Specific methods, Part 1: Right views of others; title: Specific methods, Part 2: Changing one's own attitudes; title: Specific methods, Part 3: When anger occurs.