The couch and the tree
Subtitle: dialogues in psychoanalysis and Buddhism
By: edited by Anthony Molino.
Contributors: Molino, Anthony, 1957-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Psychoanalysis and religion.; Buddhism -- Psychology.
Description: The Couch and the Tree is a two-part anthology that spans and documents a unique cross-fertilization of Eastern and Western thought. While Part One provides a historical overview of the classic writings in this far-reaching, adventurous dialogue (including the works of Fromm, Suzuki, Jung, Hisamatsu, Watts, and Horney, to name only a few), Part Two features a series of contemporary works, many appearing here for the first time.

Included are essays by such innovative thinkers as Adam Phillips, Mark Epstein, Masao Abe, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Nina Coltart, and Michael Eigen. Most notable perhaps is a conversation - on the question "Is There an Unconscious in Buddhist Teaching?" - between the psychoanalyst Joyce McDougall and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.