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Buddhism first came to the West many centuries ago through the Greeks, who also influenced some of the culture and practices of Indian Buddhism. As Buddhism has spread beyond India, it has always been affected by the indigenous traditions of its new homes. When Buddhism appeared in America and Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, it encountered contemporary psychology and psychotherapy, rather than religious traditions. Since the 1990s, many efforts have been made by Westerners to analyze and integrate the similarities and differences between Buddhism and it therapeutic ancestors, particularly Jungian psychology.

Taking Japanese Zen-Buddhism as its starting point, this volume is a collection of critiques, commentaries, and histories about a particular meeting of Buddhism and psychology. It is based on the Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy conference that took place in Kyoto, Japan, in 1999, expanded by additional papers, and includes:new perspectives on Buddhism and psychology, East and West
cautions and insights about potential confusions
traditional ideas in a new light.

It also features a new translation of the conversation between Schin'ichi Hisamatsu and Carl Jung which took place in 1958.

Awakening and Insight expresses a meeting of minds, Japanese and Western, in a way that opens new questions about and sheds new light on our subjective lives. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and analytical psychology, as well as anyone involved in Zen Buddhism.
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Polly Young-Eisendrath is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical College and a psychologist and Jungian analyst practicing in central Vermont, USA.
Shoji Muramoto is Professor of Foreign Studies a Kobe City University in Kobe, Japan, and a psychologist.


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Polly Young-Eisendrath is a Jungian Analyst, Psychologist, teacher and author. She is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont and in private practice in central Vermont. Polly is the originator of Dialogue Therapy, which is designed to transform chronic conflict in relationships into greater closeness and spiritual development. In January 2019, Shambhala/Random House will publish Polly’s new book, Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path, which offers her vision of personal love as a spiritual path and draws on her 30 years of experience as a Dialogue Therapist and Jungian psychoanalyst. Polly’s clinical practice and teaching have focused both on individual psychotherapy and analysis, as well as Dialogue Therapy. She is a past president of the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies and a founding member of the Vermont Institute for the Psychotherapies. She is also a Mindfulness teacher and has been a practitioner of Buddhism since 1971.

Polly is the author of sixteen books, as well as many book chapters and articles. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Her most recent works are The Present Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Discovery (Rodale, 2014); The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance (Little, Brown, 2008); and The Cambridge Companion to Jung: New and Revised, of which she is co-editor with Terence Dawson (Cambridge University Press, 2008).


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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant new guide to Buddishm and psychologyReviewed in the United States on August 26, 2002

Buddhism and psychology have recently gained increasing interest for their intriguing similarities about the human mind, growth, inner healing, and creativity. In this stimulating book, the editors offer a variety of provocative essays. I found the discussions about Jungian psychology and its relevance to Buddhism today to be particularly interesting. Strongly recommended.

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Since the 1990s, many efforts have been made to integrate Buddhism and its therapeutic ancestors in the West, particularly Jungian psychology. Taking Japanese Zen-Buddhism as its starting point, Awakening and Insight is a collection of critiques and histories of Buddhism. It is based on accounts of the Buddhism and Depth Psychology conference that took place in Kyoto in 1999, expanded by additional papers and commentary, and includes: New perspectives on Buddhism and Psychology, East and West; Cautions and Insights about Potential Confusions; Traditional Ideas in a New Light; It also features a new translation of the conversation between Schinichi Hisamatsu and Carl Jung which took place in 1958. Awakening and Insight will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy, as well as anyone interested in Buddhism. (less)

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P. Lakshmi Narasu
P. Lakshmi Narasu
Born	1861
Died	14 July 1934 (aged 73)
Occupation	Professor and writer
Language	English and Tamil (writing languages), French, Japanese, Pali, Telugu and Sanskrit
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Madras Christian College
Genre	Education, Literature, Religion and Science
Notable works	The Essence of Buddhism (1907)
Spouse	• Rukmini Ammal  • Ramarathnam Ammal
Children	son: Venkat daughter: Veerlaxmi

The English used in this article or section may not be easy for everybody to understand. You can help Wikipedia by reading Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages, then simplifying the article.

Pokala Lakshmi Narasu (1861 – 14 July 1934), sometimes known as P. L. Narasu or P. Lakshmi Narasu, was an Indian scholar, author, social reformer and Buddhist philosopher. He was a professor of Physics. His research papers have been published in science journals. He worked mainly on dynamics.

Contents

• 1Personal life
• 2Education and professional life
• 3Religious works
• 4Views
  • 4.1Thoughts on caste
  • 4.2Thoughts on women
• 5Death
• 6Writing
• 7References
• 8Other websites

Personal life[change | change source]

Narasu was born in 1861 to a rich family. His father was Pokla Chellum Narayanguru belongs to Kapu Community and her mother hails from Traditional Iyengar Brahmin Community. He was a prominent lawyer at the Madras High Court. Narasu had one sister named Andal Ammal. He also had three brothers named Krishnaswamy, Ramanujan and Bhashyam. In 1911, Ramanujan and Bhashyam died in a train accident. Narasu's first wife was Rukmini Ammal. She was also active in public life through a Women’s Welfare Association.

They had ten children, but only two survived. These two children were their son Venkat and daughter Veera Lakshmi. Venkat died in Paris while he was studying. Narasu's wife died soon after. In 1925 Narasu married Ramarathnam Ammal, a widow, as per Buddhist rite in the Perambur Viyaram.^[1]"Dalithmurasu | Ambedkar | Lakshmi Narasu | Budha". keetru.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.</ref>

Education and professional life[change | change source]

Narasu studied science. He graduated from Madras University. He was the joint winner of the Jagirdar of Arni’s Gold Medal of 1892-94. He joined the Madras Christian College as Assistant Professor in 1894.

In 1909 Narasu left Christian College. He became a full-time professor at Pachaiyappa’s college. He was at the college for 16 years. Narasu retired from teaching at the college in 1925. Narasu's main interests were exact sciences, but he was also interested in society, literature, art, philosophy, history, culture and religion.

Religious works[change | change source]

Pt. Iyothee Thassar, M. Singaravelu(Father of Indian communist party) and P. L. Narasu started the South Indian Buddhist Association (Shakya Buddhist Society). This was to make Buddhism more popular. They worked with the Mahabodhi Society which Anagarik Dharmapal started in 1890. Narasu wrote several articles and books on Buddhism. The Shakya Buddhist Society used his book The Essence of Buddhism (1907) to promote their ideas.^{[2][not in the source given][3][not in the source given]} The book had in huge demand in Japan.^[4]</ref>^{[self-published source]} Czechoslovakian foreign Minister Jim Mosarik translated his other book What is Buddhism? (1916) into Czech. It was regarded as a guide on Buddhism.Template:Sfb</ref>^{[self-published source]} He also wrote Religion of Modern Buddhist in the early 1930s. He also wrote a book on caste called A Study of Caste (1922).

In 1910, with the help of South Buddhist Association, he did a census of Buddhist people of Madras. He found there were 18,000.^[5] Narasu gave lectures at various places to promote Buddhism. He also organised four Buddhist conferences. The first was held in 1917 at Moore Pavilion People’s Park in Madras. The second was in 1920 in Bangalore. The third was in Madras in 1928. The fourth one was in Bangalore Presidency, at Tirupatur Kolar Gold Field in 1932.^[6]

P. L. Narasu had a large influence on the work of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who revived Buddhism in India. He also republished (published again) his most famous book The Essence of Buddhism in 1948. He also wrote a preface to it. In the preface of the book he recommended the book for those who are interested in the study of Buddhism.

Views[change | change source]

An editor thinks that this article may not be neutral. This can be talked about on the article's talk page. (August 2020)

Thoughts on caste[change | change source]

Caste is a crippling disease. The physician’s duty is to guard against disease or destroy it. Caste organization crushes the individual under its dead weight and hinders progress by killing all consciousness of liberty.

Thoughts on women[change | change source]

Though perfectly consistent with the principles of the Dhamma, which sees no difference between man and man, except that which may exist by superiority of virtue, yet the step taken by the Buddha and his followers was indeed bold, considering the depraved moral condition of Ancient India and the consequent low self-estimation in which woman was then held. Thoughts on Science: The scientific method is at once experimental and rational, requiring such evidence as will make doubt impossible. Science aims at obtaining a complete systematic survey of all possible phenomena in terms of irreducible elementary processes. Knowledge that is not scientific is not to establish immutable truths and eternal dogmas, but to approach truth by approximations.

Death[change | change source]

Prof. P. L. Narasu passed away at the age of seventy-three on 14 July 1934, due to heart problems. His body was cremated in a simple Buddhist ceremony in the Mylapore burning-yard.^[7]

Writing[change | change source]

Narasu wrote many books especially in English. His books have been translated into many languages.^[8]

• Narasu, P. Lakshmi (1907). The Essence of Buddhism. A M S Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-404-17327-2.

  The second edition of this book was published in 1912 by Anagarik Dharmapala; The third edition was published in 1948 by Babasaheb Ambedkar. This book has been translated into Hindi by Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan and G. Appa Duriyar translated the book into Tamil.

• Narasu, Pokala Lakshmi (1964). What is Buddhism?. Maha Bodhi Society of India.
• Narasu, Pokala Lakshmi (1988). A Study of Caste. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0411-7.
• Lakshmi Narasu, P. (2002). Religion of the modern Buddhist. Delhi: Wordsmiths. ISBN 9788187412052.
• Buddhism In a Nutshell

References[change | change source]

1. ↑ Narasu 2002, p. IX.
2. ↑ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
3. ↑ "Buddhist Channel | India". www.buddhistchannel.tv. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
4. ↑ Narasu 2002, p. XVIII.
5. ↑ Narasu 1912, p. 03.
6. ↑ Narasu, P. L. What is Buddhism. Delhi: Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi. pp. 8, 9. ISBN 81-88794-42-2.
7. ↑ Muthiah, S. (2011-06-05). "Madras miscellany: The ‘Essential Buddhist'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
8. ↑ Shobhana, Nidhin (1 November 2016). "Decoding the Spirit of Castes: A review of Pokala Lakshmi Narasu's 'A Study of Caste'". Round Table India.

• Narasu, P. Lakshmi (2002). Religion of the modern Buddhist. Delhi: Wordsmiths. ISBN 9788187412052.
• Narasu, P. Lakshmi (1912). The Essence of Buddhism. A M S Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-404-17327-2.

Other websites[change | change source]

• Madras miscellany: The ‘Essential Buddhist' (The Hindu)

Toshio Kawai | 京都大学 人と社会の未来研究院

Toshio Kawai | 京都大学 人と社会の未来研究院
Toshio Kawai ｜ Director, Professor ｜ Clinical Psychology

My research field is clinical psychology; I am interested in the cultural and historical background of psychotherapy, beyond the various psychological problems appearing in psychotherapy. In this sense, my concern is how consciousness today is reflected in psychotherapy. 

While the psychotherapy inaugurated by Freud takes neuroses as its object, and is based on self-consciousness, the consciousness of today seems to have a different structure, appearing in new symptoms like dissociation, developmental disorders, and psychosomatic disorders. 

As a Jungian analyst, I work with images, but recently I am more interested in the dialectics of psychotherapy. As methodology, I use not only case studies in psychotherapy, but also investigation and studies of literature. I am looking for a methodology transcending the use of narratives alone.