Zen and the Psychology of Transformation

The Supreme Doctrine applies the essence of Oriental Wisdom to the pursuit of self-knowledge and transcendence. The first step in a holistic psychology is to begin examining the truestate of man, rather than his aberrations. In so doing, we can activate our true potential to transform and give new direction and purpose to our lives.

“Dr. Benoit has discussed the ‘supreme doctrine’ of Zen Buddhism in the light of Western psychological theory and Western psychiatric practice. This is a book that should be read by everybody who aspires to know who he is and what he can do to acquire self-knowledge.”

Foreword by Aldous Huxley

Author's Preface

1.  On the General Sense of Zen Thought

2.  'Good' and 'Evil'

3.  The Idolatry of 'Salvation'

4.  The Existentialism of Zen

5.  The Mechanism of Anxiety

6.  The Five Modes of Thought of the Natural Man--Psychological Conditions of Satori

7.  Liberty as 'Total Determinism'

8.  The Egotistical States

9.  The Zen Unconscious

10. Metaphysical Distress

11. Seeing into One's Own Nature--The Spectator of the Spectacle

12. How to Conceive the Inner Task According to Zen

13. Obedience to the Nature of Things

14. Emotion and the Emotive State

15. Sensation and Sentiment

16. On Affectivity

17. The Horseman and the Horse

18. The Primordial Error or 'Original Sin'

19. The Immediate Presence of Satori

20. Passivity of the Mind and Disintegration of our Energy

21. On the Idea of 'Discipline'

22. The Compensations

23. The Inner Alchemy

24. On Humility

Epilogue

Index