Zen teacher Jules Shuzen Harris argues that contemporary American Buddhists face two primary challenges: (1) "spiritual bypassing," which means avoiding or repressing psychological problems in favor of pretend Enlightenment, and (2) settling for secularized forms of Buddhism or mindfulness that have lost touch with the deeper philosophical and ethical underpinnings of the religion.

Drawing on his decades of experience as a Zen practitioner, teacher, and psychotherapist, Harris writes that both of these challenges can be met through the combination of a committed meditation practice, a deep study of Buddhist psychological models, and tools from a psychotherapeutic method known as "Mind-Body Bridging." Using this unique approach, students can do the real work of awakening without either denying their embodied emotional life or missing out on the rich array of insights offered by Buddhist psychology and the Zen practice tradition.
Zen Beyond Mindfulness: Using Buddhist and Modern Psychology for Transformational Practice, Jules Shuzen Harris, Shambala, Paperback, 184 pages, $17.95

Jules Shuzen Harris is a psychotherapist and Zen teacher, founder, and abbot of Soji Zen Center in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Based on his decades of experience working with Zen students and psychotherapy clients, he has created a powerful method that combines the rigor of Zen practice, psychological insights of early Buddhism, and tools from a contemporary psychotherapeutic method known as "Mind-Body Bridging." He is a dharma heir of Pat Enkyo O'Hara and has practiced with many other Zen teachers, including John Daido Loori and Dennis Genpo Merzel. Born in a working-class town outside of Philadelphia, Harris is the first African-American to have received transmission in the Soto Zen tradition. He has a black belt in the Japanese martial arts of Iaido and Kendo and has published a number of articles in Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Lion's Roar magazines.

CONTENTS: Zen Beyond Mindfulness
Foreword by Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara		vii
Preface: My Path		ix
Acknowledgments		xv
Introduction: Zen, Abhidharma, and the I-System		1
1.	The Skandhas	23
2.	The Omnipresent Factors	35
3.	The Twelve Links of Dependent origination	46
4.	The Six Realms	61
5.	The I-System	75
6.	Internal Maps and the Skandhas	83
7.	External Maps, Omnipresent Factors, and Dependent Origination	95
8.	Mind Maps and Realms	107
9.	Maps for Zen	122
10.	Sutras and Mind Maps	134
11.	Commitment	148
Appendix A: Some Guidance on Zazen		155
Appendix B: I-System Terminology		161
Notes		164