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Beth Jacobs on Original Buddhist Psychology


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Beth Jacobs is a clinical psychologist in private practice and a former faculty member of the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. She is also a teacher in the Soto Zen tradition and incorporates Buddhist studies and meditation into her work as both a psychologist and a writer.  

In this episode, Eric and Beth discuss her book,  The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life

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In This Interview, Beth Jacobs and I Discuss Original Buddhist Psychology and …

  • Her book, The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life
  • Abhidharma is the structural layout of the Buddha’s original vision of the universe
  • Understanding the complex laws of how forces move together in the universe
  • The entity of “me” exists from the arbitrary framework we create for ourselves
  • The 5 skandhas are what is used to construct our reality: form, feelings, perceptions, habit formations, consciousnesses
  • Neuropsychology and the 17 steps of perception
  • Interdependent origination is the idea that everything is in motion and connected
  • How consciousness is just an interaction
  • The various lists of lists in the Abhidharma
  • Energy, mindfulness, and investigation 
  • The idea of gently removing our obstructions
  • Writing and meditation as powerful tools for awakening
  • Beth Jacobs Links:

    Beth’s Website

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