David Brazier (Dharmavidya) - Keynote - International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches

David Brazier gives his keynote at the First International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches: New Directions in Buddhist Psychology in Berkeley California Feb 18-21, 2011.

Western psychology has long been dominated by the notion of self: self-esteem, self-entitlement, self-gratification, self-awareness, and self-knowledge. Yet our spiritual and psychological well-being is not measured by self-concern, but by a directional shift of attention which involves understanding, appreciation, and compassion for others.

This ground-breaking conference, rooted in Buddhist psychology, will present other-centered approaches, which offer fresh, new tools to address challenges in the field of mental health, education, religion, human relations, chaplaincy, and more.

David Brazier, Ph.D. is the author of seven books and the leader of a worldwide spiritual community. He is a psychotherapist,social innnovator, social worker and Buddhist teacher. His books include: Beyond Carl Rogers, Zen Therapy, The Feeling Buddha, Who Loves Dies Well - On the Brink of Buddha's Pureland; Love and Its Disappointment: The Meaning of Life, Therapy and Art. He is the head of the Amida Order, a Pureland Buddhist community with a wide-range of socially and culturally engaged projects and commitments. He has been a pioneer in the presentation of Buddhist psychology in the West and regularly lectures in Asia, Europe, and North America.

More information on David and the Amida Trust can be found at http://www.amidatrust.com and is weblog at http://amidatrust.typepad.com

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[hashapeler]

Because your meditation did not 'work' or alleviate your suffering it doesn't follow that it never does or that instead you should seek a solution in a saviour. Has doing so really relieved your suffering more effectively? You state that 'Whats not self is other' and are quite dismissive of the notion that everything is self, which actually is how i experience life, and which feels integrated, and not separate. With respect, I also felt i was witnessing personal therapy from the platform. Metta