Going On Being Audiobook Summary
Before Mark Epstein became a medical student at Harvard and began training as a psychiatrist, he immersed himself in Buddhism through experiences with such influential Buddhist teachers as Ram Dass, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield. The positive outlook of Buddhism and the meditative principle of living in the moment came to influence his study and practice of psychotherapy profoundly. Going on Being is Epstein’s memoir of his early years as a student of Buddhism and of how Buddhism shaped his approach to therapy, as well as a practical guide to how a Buddhist understanding of psychological problems makes change for the better possible.
In psychotherapy, Epstein discovered a vital interpersonal parallel to meditation, but he also recognized Western psychology’s tendency to focus on problems, either by attempting to eliminate them or by going into them more deeply, and how this too often results in a frustrating “analysis of analysis.” Buddhism opened his eyes to another way of change. Drawing on his own life and stories of his patients, he illuminates the concept of “going on being,” the capacity we all have to live in a fully aware and creative state unimpeded by constraints or expectations.
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Going On Being Audiobook Narrator
Mark Epstein is the narrator of Going On Being audiobook that was written by Mark Epstein
Mark Epstein, M.D. is also the author of Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective and Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart. A psychiatrist and consulting editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, he lives in New York City.
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Mark Epstein is the author of Going On Being
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Going On Being Full Details
Narrator | Mark Epstein |
Length | 3 hours 26 minutes |
Author | Mark Epstein |
Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
Release date | March 01, 2003 |
ISBN | 9781593970604 |
Additional info
The publisher of the Going On Being is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781593970604.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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