The Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Science, and Our Day-To-Day Lives

Gay Watson trained as a psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute of Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist- inspired psychotherapy. Concurrently she attained a first class honors degree followed by a doctorate in the field of Buddhist Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. She is the author of Resonance of Emptiness: A Buddhist Inspiration for a Contemporary Psychotherapy (RoutledgeCurzon, 2001) and co-editor of The Psychology of Awakening (Samuel Weiser, 2001). She is currently associated with The Karuna Institute and Sharpham College of Buddhism and Contemporary Inquiry, and a member of the editorial board of Contemporary Buddhism. She lives in Devon, UK, and is a Trustee of the Dartington Hall Trust. A former Buddhist monk, Stephen Batchelor has written several books attempting to make Buddhist accessible and understandable to the Western reader. These books include The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhist and Western Culture, and Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening.