Partners in Integration

Partners in Integration: workshop and book signing

with author Dr. Joseph Bobrow, Roshi

Workshop Description

In this workshop we will focus on the practice and principles of Zen and psychotherapy. We will explore how Buddhist principles and practices, in concert with recent findings from human development, brain research and psychotherapy, offer an integrated view of liberation in which spiritual development on the one hand and emotional growth and personal work on the other “interare.” Such an integrative perspective may help us realize, enjoy and embody the Buddhist principles that motivate and inspire us.

Finally, Dr. Bobrow will also speak on the role of community in transforming human suffering including his work with veterans and families impacted by war-related trauma as founder of the Coming Home Project for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
 
Includes meditation practice, experiential exercises and discussion.

The event, free and open to the public, will be held at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley, Ca.

An option to donate to Deep Streams Zen Institute will be accepted at the door.

About the Author

Dr. Joseph Bobrow is a Zen master in the Diamond Sangha lineage and founder of Deep Streams Zen Institute in San Francisco. Deep Streams offers Zen practice; provides continuing education for the enrichment and well-being of mental health practitioners; and serves the community through the Coming Home Project for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and their families and service providers. Joseph is also a psychologist-psychoanalyst and author whose new book, Zen and Psychotherapy: Partners in Liberation, explores the interplay of Buddhism and psychotherapy in relieving suffering and helping us realize and embody our true nature. He teaches throughout the United States.

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Upcoming events

Saturday, July 24, 2010, 10:47 am

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is hosting some exciting events in the field of Buddhism and psychology.

Red Book Dialogues

In the fall of 2010, along with the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, we will be co-sponsoring two dialogues between Buddhism and The Red Book by C.G. Jung. These conversations, held in October and November will feature conversations with Zoketsu Norman Fischer of the San Francisco Zen Center and Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Click here for more information on these events.

International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches

In February 2011, along with the Center for Buddhist Education and the Amida Trust, we will be co-hosting a conference on other-centered approaches to Western psychology and Buddhism.

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Both of these events are open to the public. More details are forthcoming, so please mark your calendars and check back here for more information on registration and schedules.

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Red Book Dialogues I

Join us this fall for a pair of conversation between C.G. Jung’s The Red Book and Buddhist psychology.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer, San Francisco Zen Center

In dialogue with Richard Stein, Jungian analyst
7:30 pm., Friday, 22 October at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Jodo Shinshu Center, Berkeley

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and are fundraisers for the C.G. Jung Insitute of San Francisco.
A $25 donation ($10/students) is requested.

For registration and information, please visit this event’s information page here.

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Red Book Dialogues II

Join us this fall for a pair of conversation between C.G. Jung’s The Red Book and Buddhist psychology.

Jack Kornfield, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

In dialogue with Dyane Sherwood, Jungian analyst
7:30 pm., Friday, 12 November at the Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and are fundraisers for the C.G. Jung Insitute of San Francisco.
A $25 donation ($10/students) is requested.

For registration and information, please visit this event’s information page here.

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International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches

First International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches: New Directions in Buddhist Psychology

at the Jodo Shinshu Center
Berkeley, California

February 18 – 20, 2011

Please click here for complete details on this conference.

Western psychology has long been dominated by the notion of self: self-esteem, self-entitlement, self-gratification, self-awareness, and self-knowledge. Yet our spiritual and psychological well-being is not measured by self-concern, but by a directional shift of attention which involves understanding, appreciation, and compassion for others.

This ground-breaking conference, rooted in Buddhist psychology, will present other-centered approaches, which offer fresh, new tools to address challenges in the field of mental health, education, religion, human relations, chaplaincy, and more.

Please click here for complete details on this conference.

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