Since I first posted about the publication of my newest Book- The Buddha’s Radical Psychology: Explorations, I have had numerous inquirers asking about the content of the book. I thought the quickest look at the book contents would be to list the Table of Contents. Good reading!
The Buddha’s Radical Psychology: Explorations
Contents
Preface…xi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Self/No-Self 7
Chapter 3 Self as Construction 23
Chapter 4 The Human Being as a Collective, Unified Unit 35
Chapter 5 Awakening and Enlightenment: Psychological Transformation and Transcendence 61
Chapter 6 Enlightenment: Reality, Actuality and Transcendence 73
Chapter 7 Knowing and Not Knowing – What is Possible? 81
Chapter 8 The General Doctrine of the Law of Dependent Co-arising 99
Chapter 9 Kamma 109
Chapter 10 Sense of Agency 119
Chapter 11 Agency Labelled as Self 129
Chapter 12 Dividing Existence – Duality 143
Chapter 13 Language Construction of Duality 163
Chapter 14 Identification 181
Chapter 15 The Buddha’s Compassion 197
Chapter 16 Memory 207
Chapter 17 The Unconscious 227
Chapter 18 Habits 243
Chapter 19 Cognitive Biases 253
Chapter 20 Meta-cognition and Mindfulness 267
Chapter 21 Automatic Influences on our Actions and Perceptions 277
Chapter 22 Organisms as Coherent Embedded Systems 299
Chapter 23 Happiness 379
Chapter 24 The World without a ‘Self’ 391
Chapter 25 Closing Thoughts 405
Appendix A Explanation of the effects of stress on the different systems of the human body 411
Appendix B Special experiences 415
About the Author
Rodger R. Ricketts, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and mindfulness meditation teacher. He has been studying Buddhism for over thirty years, both as part of his own personal quest and also in the application its principles as a therapeutic tool in psychotherapy. He has written three books exploring the foundation of the Buddha’s Teaching in psychology. Rodger has given numerous presentations at wellness and professional psychological conferences on the topics of cognitive psychology, mindfulness and wellbeing. Rodger continues his study of both science and Buddhism, and maintains a regular meditation practice.
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