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Article: Through a Glass, Darkly: Freud & Buddha on Individual Responsibility
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- Tikkun
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Institute of Labor and Mental Health Jan/Feb 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TRAVELING IN ASIA IN MY EARLY TWENTIES WITH MY AMERICAN Buddhist teachers (Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Richard Alpert), I woke up one March morning, still a bit Valium-encrusted after an all-night train ride from Bangkok, to find myself in the forest monastery of a Thai meditation master named Ajahn Chah. The monastery wasn't just in the tropical forest; it was constructed out of it Ruddy wooden buildings rose on stilts over neatly swept dirt strewn paths. Bird calls mixed with the ringing of chimes, the murmurs of the monks and the faint residue of incense from the temple. Ajahn Chah met with us after we shared the monastery lunch. It was obvious to everyone why we were there, we ...