What is the History of Buddhist Psychotherapy? A Buddhism Explained Video | 12/2/2018

What is the History of Buddhist Psychotherapy? A Buddhism Explained Video from Outing the Ego: From Anxiety, Addiction and Depression to Love, Relief and Understanding Retreat First Evening Talk with Mark Epstein, M.D. and Robert A.F. Thurman

In this short video Professor Thurman and Dr. Mark Epstein discuss the history of Psychotherapy, Buddhist Inner Sciences and mindfulness practice in the West.

This talk is an archive recording of the Tibet House US retreat “Outing the Ego : From Anxiety, Addiction and Depression to Love, Relief and Understanding” with Robert A.F. Thurman & Mark Epstein M.D., recorded at Menla Retreat + Dewa Spa’s Nalanda Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York, August 2018.

To listen to audio excerpts presented as free hour long podcasts please visit: www.bobthurman.com.

“Both Buddhist and Western psychologies have found that the ego, the primary mechanism of defense against the unpredictability of the world, is not always to be trusted. Anxiety, addiction and depression have their roots in the ego’s misguided attempts to control our experience. Based in a belief in its own separateness, the ego all too often acts in a frightened, clumsy and inefficient manner, whispering to us in our inner thoughts and driving a wedge between self and others.

While the ego is a necessary construction, it can be treacherous. It is a mistake to give it too much power. Focused on discussion and meditation practice, this workshop will explore using the Buddha’s Eightfold Path to bring the ego out of its hiding places. Until we face the ego head on, we can never find the relief and love we yearn for.”

From Menla Retreat + Dewa Spa

Additional previews are available on the Tibet House US YouTube Channel + Full Archive Recordings in the THUS Member Archives.

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? Music by Tenzin Choegyal, Used with Permission www.tenzinchoegyal.com

To learn more about upcoming programs in the heart of the Catskills with Bob Thurman & Mark Epstein M.D. please visit: www.menla.us.

About Mark Epstein, M.D

Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism & psychotherapy, including Thoughts without a Thinker, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, Going on Being, Open to Desire, Psychotherapy without the Self & The Trauma of Everyday Life. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.

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