The positive psychology of Buddhism and yoga: paths to a mature happiness, with a special application to handling anger
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York [u.a.]
Routledge
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Psychology
/ Anger
B Yoga / Psychology / Anger |
| Further subjects: | B
Self-actualization (Psychology)
B Maturation (Psychology) Religious aspects B Buddhism Psychology B Yoga Psychology B Spiritual Life Psychology |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - King Ashoka's question : what is your secret? -- Maturity and serenity -- The story of Siddhartha -- The Hindu context -- The core of the Buddha's teachings -- The noble truth chapter of dukkha (suffering) -- The noble truth of dukkha, Part 2: Caught in the causal matrix -- The noble truth of tanha (craving) -- The noble truth of nirvana (liberation), Part 1: Conquer the beasts within -- The noble truth of nirvana, Part 2: The nature of attachment -- The Buddha : the compassionate one -- Supermaturity -- Anatman reconsidered : you are not your mind -- The noble truth of magga (the path) -- The noble truth of magga, Part 2: Mental discipline -- Buddhist problem solving -- Yoga and Buddhism -- I discover hatha yoga -- Savasana -- The yogic state, Part 1: Immersion -- The yogic state, Part 2: Transforming judgment -- The yogic state, Part 3: Life is where you find it -- Yogic theory : the unenlightened mind -- The eight angas, Part 1: The practices -- The eight angas, Part 2: The experiences -- Yogic theory : the enlightened mind -- Yogic problem solving -- Buddhism, yoga, and Western psychology -- Mindfulness and right thoughts -- Problem solving as compassionate action -- Empathic assertiveness as right speech -- Psychological applications of Eastern methods -- The nature of anger -- Anger : assumptions and levels of expression -- A schematic, physiological model -- General methods for decreasing anger -- Specific methods, Part 1: Right views of others -- Specific methods, Part 2: Changing one's own attitudes -- Specific methods, Part 3: When anger occurs |
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| Physical Description: | XXVII, 260 S., Ill., graph. Darst., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84872-850-9 978-1-84872-851-6 |
