Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas will assist readers in exploring their own emotional landscapes. This sequence of thirty guided meditations by the renowned spiritual teacher and psychotherapist Claudio Naranjo is structured to guide individuals towards acceptance of what is and to be fully present -- to meet pain with joy, expand awareness into consciousness and to learn how to share in the full presence of others. The "Dionysian" context of Buddhism provides a lens in which to interpret non-attachment through noninterference with the stream of life. Naranjo draws on a wide range of Buddhist traditions, from Theravada to Vajrayana, in order to create a work that emphasizes both the experiential and multifaceted aspects of meditation. As Naranjo says, "Only a change of consciousness might save our world, and that in view of this collective shift in consciousness there is nothing more relevant we can do than start with ourselves."

Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Meditations in the Three Yanas, Claudio Naranjo, Synergetic Press, Paperback, 176 pages, $16.95

Dr. Claudio Naranjo (1932 - 2019) was a Chilean-born psychotherapist, medical doctor, author, educator, Buddhist practitioner, and pioneer in the areas of psychology, psychedelic therapies, and human development. Naranjo was an early practitioner of the "Enneagram of Personality" which he enriched with his deep understanding of psychology and more esoteric aspects of work with the psyche. He ultimately created SAT (Seekers After Truth) integrating Gestalt therapy, the Enneagram, contemplative practices, music and art therapy, and other practices designed to provide deep personal insights.

In his later years, he expanded his work to explore education and its role in promoting patriarchal worldviews that contribute to our deepening global crisis. Naranjo is the author of several books including The Healing Journey: Pioneering Approaches to Psychedelic Therapy (2nd edition), (MAPS 2013), The Revolution We Expected: Cultivating a New Politics of Consciousness (Synergetic Press, 2020), and Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas (Synergetic Press, 2022).

CONTENTS: Dionysian Buddhism
Editor's Note			xi
Preface			xiii
Why Buddhist Meditation?			xvi
Something about the Theravada Tradition and Something Further on the Notion of Dionysian Buddhism			xviii
I.	THERAVADA VARIATIONS
	1.	Sweet Doing Nothing in Relation	3
	2.	An Introduction to Vipassana	7
	3.	Panoramic Attention and Transparent Presence	13
	4.	The Enjoyment of Breath, the Silence of Thought, and Panoramic Attention to the Present Moment	19
	5.	Disappearing into Infinity	25
	6.	Meeting Pain with Joy	29
	7.	Meditation in Pairs as a Portal to Universal Compassion	35
II.	A MINIMAL INTRODUCTION TO ZAZEN
	1.	Non-Doing in the Context of Surrender and Generosity	41
	2.	From "Not Even Non-doing" (Wu Wu Wei) to the Realization That Nothing Existed"	45
	3.	What Are Your Thoughts Up To?	51
	4.	Shikantaza	53
	5.	Dropping the Body and the Mind	57
	6.	The Subtle Attention of Nirvana	63
	7.	The Truth That Can Set Us Free	67
	8.	Renouncing the Objects of Consciousness to Return to Ourselves	73
	9.	The Ocean and the Waves	75
	10.	About the Bodhisattva Ideal and the Virtue of Being Satisfied with Counting Breaths	77
	11.	Words of Dogen	83
III.	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIND IN THE TIBETAN TRADITION
		Some Features of Tantric Buddhism	87
	1.	Bringing Together Shamata and Vipassana	97
	2.	The Mirror, the Crystal, and Space	103
	3.	Vipassana from the Perspective of Space	113
	4.	From the Awareness of Mental Phenomena to the Awareness of Awareness	119
	5.	Entering Meditation with Compassion Through an Appeal to Avalokiteshvara	125
	6.	Time and the Eternal Present	139
	7.	On Devotion and Guru Rinpoche's Mantram	145
	8.	The Awareness of the Subtle Body	153
Addendum			163
Contemplations of Death			163
The Eternal Present That We Are			172
Some Further Advice to My Readers			175