glimpse of what Buddhist psychology can offer psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis can
learn more about psychological health, maturation, and transformation. The most
direct, essential contribution of Buddhism to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists is,
in my view, the attention, concentration, awareness in the challenge of being ‘awake’
and unprejudiced right ‘here’ for both the other and yourself.
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