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Transcending Self and Other

Mahayana Principles of Integration

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If a worldwide consciousness could arise that all division and all antagonism are due to the splitting of opposites in the psyche, then one would really know where to attack. JUNG, 1958, p. 101

The key to resolving all forms of conflict among ethnic groups lies in discovering and revealing a kind of universal humanity that transcends differences within the self. IKEDA, 2000a, p. 25

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Dockett, K.H., North-Schulte, D. (2004). Transcending Self and Other. In: Dockett, K.H., Dudley-Grant, G.R., Bankart, C.P. (eds) Psychology and Buddhism From Individual to Global Community. International and Cultural Psychology Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47937-0_11

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