Yes, there are a lot of social workers, psychiatrists, psychotherapists that are practicing Buddhists and incorporating this into their practices - lots of books out there. I agree, this is very beneficial.
One of the ones I read several years ago that I liked was "Buddhism on the Couch" by David Brazier (or his wife, not sure, too lazy to run to the bookshelf and check). Susan --- In [email protected], "dkotschessa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was in the bookstore the other day, and I usually hang out in the > sections on religion, philosophy, mythology etc. Usually lots of > books on mindful this or that in the "eastern philosophy" section. > > But I wandered over to the psychology section and WHOA! I couldn't > believe the number of books I saw (ok maybe it was 5, but it seemed > like a lot to me) on "Mindfulness." So it seems it is catching on, > as something that is marketed in a way that is "secular," or which is > not associated with zen or buddhism or anything. > > All of which, I personally think is a good thing, because it allows > more people to benefit from the practice even if they have hang- ups > (i.e. misconceptions) about Buddhism, or anything outside their > religious or non-religious practice. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
