The work presents in clear focus, comparative perspectives on the nature of man, mind, motivation, conflict, anxiety and suffering, as well as the therapeutic management of these problems, in both the writings of Sigmund Freud and the discourses of the Buddha. The nature of the instinct of sexuality, ego instinct and the death instinct in Freud are compared to parallel concepts in Buddhism.
An interesting addition to the study is the discussion of the question whether Shopenhauer is a link between Freud and Buddhism.
This edition of the book also throws new light on some of the dilemmas of Freudian psychology from a Buddhist perspective. It is a valuable contribution to the study of philosophy in cross-cultural perspective and should be of interest to both scholars and general readers.

Buddhist and Freudian Psychology, Padmasiri de Silva, Shogam, Paperback, 247 pages, $28.95

Born in Sri Lanka, Dr M.W. Padmasiri de Silva received his academic qualifications in the United States before returning to Sri Lanka to take up the position of Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. He continued his academic career as a Senior Teaching Fellow at the National University of Singapore before moving to Australia, where he is now an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University in Melbourne. He has since received his Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Buddhist Psychotherapy from Sophia College in Perth and practiced as a counsellor and therapist at Springvale Community Centre from 2004 to 2007. He is currently an affiliate member CAPAV.

	Contents: Buddhist and Freudian Psychology
	Abbreviations	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Preface to the First Edition	xv
	Preface to the Third Edition	xvii
	Preface to the Fourth Edition	xviii
	PRELUDE	xxiii
	The Contemporary dialogue	xxiv
	New perspectives on the unconscious	xxxi
I	THE CONCEPT OF MAN	1
	Humanism in early Buddhism and Freud	1
	The contemporary spiritual crisis in the West	3
II	THE CONCEPT OF MIND IN EARLY BUDDHISM AND FREUD	5
	Approaches to the study of mind	5
	Mind as a psychophysical complex	6
	The fourfold analysis of mind	9
	The concept of mind in Freud	22
	Relationship of early Buddhist and Freudian psychology	28
III	THE UNCONSCIOUS	34
	The unconscious in Freud	34
	The unconscious in early Buddhism	49
	Early Buddhist concept of unconscious in light of Freud	71
IV	MOTIVATION	76
	Motivation in Freud and Buddhism	76
	The libido	82
	Kama-tanha	95
	The libido and the concept of kama-tanha	107
	The ego	110
	Bhava-tanha	119
	The ego instincts and bhava-tanha	127
	The death instinct and bhava-tanha	133
	Vibhava-tanha	140
	The death instinct and vibhava-tanha	149
	Conclusion	151
V	THE THERAPEUTIC BASIS OF EARLY BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY	154
	The roots of morality and religion	154
	The moral sense according to Buddha	158
	The origin of guilt according to Freud	160
	Buddhist meditation and psychotherapy	163
VI	THE FREUDIAN SEARCH FOR THE IDEAL THERAPEUTIC MODEL	173
	A Buddhist perspective	173
	Analysis, terminable and interminable	178
	The dilemmas of ego psychology	183
	Appendix I	187
	Appendix II	204
	Footnotes	219
	Bibliography	238
	Index	244
	About the author	246