Buddhist Practice on Western Ground: Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology - Softcover

"An amazingly helpful book . . . Aronson realizes the value of psychotherapy, Theravada, and Tibetan Buddhism, and weaves them together so that, even outside their respective cultural contexts, their advantages are experienced and their pitfalls avoided."--Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D., author of Maps of the Profound and Cultivating Compassion

"As a psychotherapist and Buddhist scholar and teacher, Harvey B. Aronson has a lot of wisdom to share that will help Western Dharma practitioners to establish a healthy, clear foundation for achieving liberation. Aronson raises important questions and provides helpful insights about complications that can occur when Eastern and Western cultures come together. I have been waiting a long time for this book."--Geshe Rinpoche, author of Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep

A comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Eastern spiritual ideals and Western cultural values explores the expectations that Westerners bring to Buddhism, common problems they experience, and helpful methods of identifying and working with difficulties that arise from this culture conflict. Original.