What the Buddha Felt

Sigmund Freud once said that the best outcome that psychotherapy can offer is a return to “common unhappiness.” But what about those of us with higher aspirations? Where do we find the tools we need to heal—and then go further— to create a life of uncommon and authentic happiness? The answer, teaches Mark Epstein, may lie in the insights of one of the world’s greatest psychologists—the Buddha. What the Buddha Felt uncovers a quiet revolution occurring in the West today: the merging of modern psychotherapy and ancient Buddhist meditation techniques to help us face even the most challenging emotional obstacles. Join the acclaimed author of Thoughts Without a Thinker and Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart to explore: The psychology of the Buddha’s awakening “Bare attention,” a powerful inner resource for facing fear, sadness, anger, and other difficult emotions Buddhism’s six realms of suffering (and the six antidotes) Looking, Smiling, Embracing, and Orgasm—a tantric map to spiritu