If you have been practicing Buddhism for a while, why do you still have problems? And how do you balance the (apparently) sometimes different needs of spiritual and psychological perspectives? This wonderful book fills a hitherto unmet need among Buddhists.

Psychotherapist and meditation teacher Rob Preece draws on his eighteen years as a psychotherapist and many years as a meditation teacher to explore and map the psychological influences on our struggle to awaken. Acceptance of imperfection, for both psychological and spiritual health, is key.

Love and compassion grow out of an understanding of our fallibility, not from ideals of perfection, and wisdom does not always come as a flash of inspiration, but from the slow--often painful--working of experience. The Wisdom of Imperfection explores the journey of individuation in Buddhist life, looking at the psychological process beneath the traditional path of the Bodhisattva.

Wisdom of Imperfection: The Challenge of Individuation in Buddhist Life, Rob Preece, Snow Lion Publications, 336 Pages, $16.95

Rob Preece has been a practicing Buddhist since 1973, principally within the Tibetan tradition. He has spent many years in intensive retreat in the Himalayas under the guidance of eminent Tibetan lamas. He has been working as a psychotherapist since 1987 and gives workshops on comparative Jungian and Buddhist psychology. He is an experienced meditation teacher and thangka painter.

Contents
Introduction
PART I: The Call to Awaken
1. Life's Challenge
2. In Search of Spirituality
3. The Wounded Ego
4. A Vision of Wholeness
5. The Noble Imperfection
6. The Guide
7. Individuality and Individuation
8. Emergence
9. Commitment
10. Spiritual Flight PART II: Encountering the Shadow Introduction
11. In the Buddhist Shadow
12. Spiritual Pathology
13. Working with the Emotions
14. Disembodiment
15. Extremism
16. Power and Will
17. The Teacher-Student Relationship
18. Individuation or Institution P
ART III: The Path of Individuation Introduction
19. The Task
20. Spiritual Crisis
21. The Bodhisattva's Path
22. Crossing the Wasteland
23. The Accumulation of Vitality
24. Guardians of the Threshold
25. Clearing the Veil
26. Return to the Source
27. Returning to the Market Place
28. Manifestation
29. Circumambulation
30. Into the Unknown Bibliography