Rendering Unconscious welcomes Bhante Sanathavihari Bhikkhu, a Theravada Buddhist Monk from Los Angeles California. Currently enrolled in a Master's of Counseling Psychology Marriage Family Therapist program. He also has a BA in Religion and was previously in the United States Air Force Reserve. He is currently working on continuing his teacher's work on Buddhism as psychotherapy and conducting meditation retreats in Mexico and Spain.

The book "Buddha: the Radical Shrink" by Venerable Dr. Madawela Punnaji Maha Thera was referenced often in this episode. Link to a free PDF: http://buddhaoriginalteachings.blogspot.com/p/buddha-radical-shrink.html

"Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis" by Eric Fromm and D.T. Suzuki is referenced in this episode.

Article on Bhante Sanathavihari Bhikkhu: https://religionnews.com/2019/01/07/buddhist-monk-finds-a-digital-road-to-the-latino-world/

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Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists and other creatives & intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. www.renderingunconscious.org

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Portrait of Bhante Sanathavihari Bhikkhu