Nothing Is Hidden: The Psychology of Zen Koans

In this inspiring and incisive offering, Barry Magid uses the language of modern psychology and psychotherapy to illuminate one of Buddhism's most powerful and often mysterious technologies: the Zen koan. What's more, Magid also uses the koans to expand upon the insights of psychology (especially self psychology and relational psychotherapy) and open for the reader new perspectives on the functioning of the human mind and heart. Nothing Is Hidden explores many rich themes, including facing impermanence and the inevitability of change, working skillfully with desire and attachment, and discovering when "surrender and submission" can be liberating and when they shade into emotional bypassing. With a sophisticated view of the rituals and teachings of traditional Buddhism, Magid helps us see how we sometimes subvert meditation into just another "curative fantasy" or make compassion into a form of masochism.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 10/22/2013
ISBN: 9781614290827
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/12/2013
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 4