George Derfer, Zhihe Wang, and Michel Weber (eds.), The Roar of Awakening. A Whiteheadian Dialogue Between Western Psychotherapies and Eastern Worldviews, Frankfurt / Lancaster, ontos verlag, Process Thought XX, 2009. blurb: The primary goal of this volume is to describe the contemporary state of affairs in Western psychotherapy, and to do so in a Whiteheadian spirit: with genuine openness to the relative ways in which creativity, beauty, truth, and peace manifest themselves in various cultural traditions. This Whiteheadian Dialogue explores afresh an important cross-elucidatory path: what have we, and what can be learned from a dialogue with Eastern worldviews? In order to generate meaningful contrasts between these different systems of thought, all the papers address common core issues. On one hand, how does the given system understand the interaction of the individual, society, and nature (or cosmos)? On the other hand, what is the paradigm of all pathology and what is its typical or curative pattern? Contents Contents ........................................................................................................3 Contributors..................................................................................................5 Foreword George Derfer, Zhihe Wang and Michel Weber.......................................11 Introduction Michel Weber............................................................................................ 13 I. The View from the East Consciousness: The Vedantic Approach to Life and Reality Francis-Vincent Anthony..........................................................................25 Dual Aspect Framework for Consciousness and Its Implications Ram Lakhan Pandey Vimal ......................................................................37 The Paradoxes of Radical Asceticism Jeffery D. Long ......................................................................................... 71 Yoga Therapeutics Ashok Kumar Malhotra ............................................................................85 Can Indian Spiritual Practices Be Used in Psychotherapy? R. L. Kapur ............................................................................................. 103 4 Contents II. Transcultural Dialogue Ineradicable Frustration and Liberation in Tiantai Buddhism Brook Ziporyn.........................................................................................117 An Exploration and Analysis of Chinese Traditional Psychotherapy Fengqiang Gao and Yingmin Chen ........................................................135 The Kyoto School and Self-Awareness Eiko Hanaoka .........................................................................................145 Jung and Hisamatsu Re-envisioning Religiosity Tokiyuki Nobuhara .................................................................................157 Reconstructing the Meaning of Being Human Yoshihiro Hayashi ..................................................................................167 The Development of Binswanger’s Daseinsanalysis Shoji Muramoto ......................................................................................179 The Intercultural and Daseinanalytical Psychiatry of Kimura Bin Bernard Stevens......................................................................................193 A Certain Form of Psychotherapy David T. Bradford...................................................................................201 Vedanta, Process, and Psychotherapy Joseph Grange........................................................................................219 On Zen Buddhism Clive Sherlock.........................................................................................233 Table of Contents......................................................................................245 Contributors Dr. Francis-Vincent Anthony, SDB is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at the Università Pontificia Salesiana, Roma; <[email protected]>. His area of special interest is empirical research in theology. In this sector his publications include Ecclesial Praxis of Inculturation. Toward an Empirical-theological Theory of Inculturizing Praxis (LAS, Roma 1997) and Comparative Research among Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India, on ‘Interpreting Religious Pluralism’, ‘Religious Practice and Religious Socialization’, and ‘Religiocentrism’ published (in collaboration with Hermans C.A.M. & Sterkens C.) in the Journal of Empirical Theology. Dr. David Bradford, M.Th., Ph.D. practices clinical psychology in Austin, Texas. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology; <[email protected]>. Current research interests include neuropsychological aspects of ascetical and mystical experience, and the development of a case study format that is humanistic, phenomenological, and attentive to neuropsychological factors. Yingmin Chen is Associate Professor at the Psychological School, Shan Dong Normal University, China. Her main interests are Psychological Counseling, Cultural Psychology and Process Psychology. In recent years, she has published several papers in English, including Another Voice: the Process Idea and Chinese Mental Culture; and An Amazing Encounter: the Peace of one fish on the culture of communication. Dr. George E. Derfer was formerly Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Studies at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. He was the first Ph.D. recipient of the doctoral program in Philosophy of Religion awarded by Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Derfer’s integrative studies approach later earned him a Visiting Scholarship at Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. He is versed in Greek, Hebrew, German, French, Spanish and recently Chinese PinYin. Dr. Derfer has published articles and reviews in numerous local and professional journals. He is an editor of Whitehead and China (Ontos Verlag, 2005). His academic repertoire also includes two manuscripts (to be published) and translation of a book by Fritz Buri, a German theologian. His interest in 6 Contributors leadership and educational reform earned him wide recognition from national fraternities. In addition, Dr. Derfer also carries a degree from the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, currently known as the American Baptist Seminary of the West, located in northern California. Gao Fengqiang, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the Psychological School, Shan Dong Normal University, and received his doctorate from Social College in Jiling University. He is interested in Gestalt Psychology, behaviorism in modern and contemporary times, postmodern psychology and Process Psychology, and personality theory. He is Dean of the Theoretical Psychology and Secretary of the History of Psychology Professional Committee. He previously belonged to the Chinese Psychological Society, was a committee member of the professional committee of Public Understanding of Science, and belonged to the Chinese Psychological Society. In addition, he was the Subdirector-general of Shandong Psychological society, Editor of Exploration of psychology and psychological research. Dr. Joseph Grange is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, in Portland, Maine; <[email protected]>. His major philosophical interests include process philosophy, psychoanalysis, and Asian thought and culture. Publications include John Dewey, Confucius and Global Philosophy (The State University of New York Press, 2004), The City: An Urban Cosmology. (The State University of New York Press. 1999.), Nature: An Environmental Cosmology. (The State University of New York Press. 1997). Also forthcoming is Process Thought, Advaita Vedanta and the NeoFreudianism of Kareny Horney. Dr. Eiko Hanaoka-Kawamura is Doctor der Theology in Hamburg University, Doctor of Literature at Kyoto University, Professor Emeritus at Osaka Prefecture University and Graduate School, and Professor at Nara Sangyo University; <[email protected]>. Although she has specialized in the philosophy of religion of the East and West, she initially concentrated on Christian Theology and Zen Buddhism. She was vice- President of “The Japan Society for Process Studies” (2004–2008). She is the author of An Original Inquiry into the Philosophy of Religion (Hokujyusha, Tokyo, 1998), The Problem of Self and World-through the standpoint of absolute nothingness (Gendai Tosho, Kanagawa, 2005) and many other books and articles on the Kyoto school. Dr. Yoshihiro Hayashi is a part-time Lecturer at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, and the International Buddhist University, Osaka; <[email protected] net.ne.jp>. His main concern is comparing and linking existential thought and process philosophy. Contributors 7 Dr. Jeffery D. Long is Associate Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where he has taught since receiving his doctoral degree at the University of Chicago in 2000; <[email protected]>. He is the author of A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism (London: I.B. Tauris Pvt., Ltd, 2007) and the forthcoming Jainism: An Introduction (London: I.B. Tauris Pvt. Ltd., 2008). He has also published in Prabuddha Bharata, The Journal of Religion, Science and Spirit, Creative Transformations, and several edited volumes. He has presented papers for such scholarly organizations as the American Academy of Religion, the Association for Asian Studies, and the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy. Dr. Ashok Kumar Malhotra is Distinguished