As both Buddhism and psychotherapy have grown and diversified in Asia as well as in the West, so too has the literature dealing with their interaction. Today, Japan and the United States are the two largest psychotherapeutic cultures in the world, and this volume brings together seminal thinkers in both disciplines on both sides of the Pacific. Both Buddhism and psychotherapy are cultural institutions that evolved over time as their native cultures have evolved, as the configurations of the self have evolved, and as new cultures have assimilated them. And both have transformed the cultures in which they have evolved. Cross-cultural interaction occurs not only between the two disciplines of Buddhist and psychotherapeutic practice (involving various schools and approaches within each) but also across geographical and ethnic boundaries, within the practitioner him- or herself. Contributors explore the creative possibilities emerging from the synergy of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Many conference participants came from a Pure Land Buddhist background (the largest stream of Buddhism in East Asia) , specifically that of J�do-shin (commonly known as Shin Buddhism), although Buddhist teachers and scholars of the Zen, Tibetan, and Vipassana traditions were also well represented. This volume in particular brings together world-class specialists from the United States and Japan, including Jack Engler, Anne Klein, Jeremy Safran, Naoki Nabeshima, Yasunobu Okada, Taitetsu Unno. They are versed in various forms of psychotherapy and counseling including clinical practice, therapist training, the care of the terminally ill, and in the practice of Tibetan, Zen, Vipassyana and Pure Land Buddhism. This ground-breaking volume offers rich reflections at many levels.

Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices, Mark Unno, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 2006, 384 Pages, $26.95

Professor Unno's interests lie in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, specifically in the relation between intellectual history and social practices. He also researches and has published in the areas of modern Japanese religious thought, comparative religion, and Buddhism and psychotherpay. He is the author of Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, a study and translation of the medieval Japanese ritual practice of the Mantra of Light. He is also the translator of Hayao Kawai, The Buddhist Priest Myoe-A Life of Dreams (Lapis Press, 1992) and author of over a dozen articles in English and Japanese including: "Questions in the Making - A Review Essay on Zen Buddhist Ethics in the Context of Buddhist and Comparative Ethics," Journal of Religious Ethics (Fall 1999); "Myoe Koben and the Komyo Shingon dosha kanjinki: The Ritual of Sand and the Mantra of Light," study and translation, in Re-visioning "Kamakura" Buddhism, edited by Richard Payne (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998); and "Divine Madness-Exploring the Boundaries of Modern Japanese Religion," Zen Buddhism Today 10. Member, Executive Board, Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies; Editorial Board, Journal of Religious Ethics; former Executive Board member, ASIANetwork. Member, Association for Asian Studies, American Academy of Religion, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies.

	Contents: Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures, Essays on Theories and Practices
	Acknowledgments	vii
	Notes on Names and Romanization	ix
	Introduction	1
	Part I. Promises and Pitfalls: Dialogue at the Crossroads
1.	Promises and Perils of the Spiritual Path Jack Engler	17
2.	Individaution and Awakening: Romantic Narrative and the Psychological Interpretation of Buddhism Richard K. Payne	31
3	Cross-Cultural Dialogue and the Resonance of Narrative Strands jeremy D. Saffran	53
4.	Buddhist Practice in Relation to Self-Representation: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue Harvey Aronson	61
5.	On Selves and Selfless Discourse William S. Waldron	87
6.	Transcendence and Immanence: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan Tarutani Shigehiro	105
	Part II. Creative Possibilities: Psychotherapy and Buddhism in Mutual Encounter
7.	Psychotherapy and Buddhism: Attending to Sand Okada Yasunobu	121
8.	The Borderline Between Buddhism and Psychotherapy Mark Unno	139
9.	Naikan Therapy and Shin Buddhism Taitetsu Unno	159
10.	Psychology, the Sacred, and Energetic Sensing Anne Carolyn Klein	169
	Part III. Death and Dying in Pure Land Buddhism
11.	Shandao's Verses on Guiding Others and Healing the Heart Julie Hanada-Lee	195
12.	Shin Buddhist Ministery: Working with Issues of Death and Dying Seigen H. Yamaoka	209
13.	A Buddhist Perspecive on Death and Compassion: End-of-Life Care in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism Naheshima Naoki	229
	Appendices
I.	Illusions of the Self in Buddhism and Winnicott Franz Aubrey Metcalf	253
II.	Shinran's Thought Regarding Birth in the Pure Land Naito Chiko	273
III.	Key Terms: Shin Buddhism Mark Unno	285
	Bibliography	293
	Notes	307
	Character Glossary	355
	Contributors	361
	Index	363