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Psychoanalysis and Buddhism are stories about and strategies for addressing human life. Treating Buddhism and psychoanalysis as narratives rather than as sacred tradition, e.g., sources of absolute wisdom that provide a blueprint for how to live in the present, may shift the way we think about tradition in general and each tradition in particular. Instead of viewing either of them as “received truths,” universally valid for all times and places, we might conceive of them as human creations arising in particular historical and sociocultural contexts whose value resides in how well they help people in the present age live with greater awareness, tolerance, and care.
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Rubin, J.B. (1996). Toward a Contemplative Psychoanalysis. In: Psychotherapy and Buddhism. Issues in the Practice of Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7280-4_11
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