Is Buddhism a religion or psychotherapy?

The Varieties of Religious Therapy (VRT) is a blog series featuring representatives from twelve belief systems discussing how they integrate faith with their approach to psychotherapy. This installment, the twelfth of twelve, is an interview with a Buddhist psychologist and author. read more

Therefore, Buddhist psychology steps back a notch to observe the mind from bare awareness of Buddha Mind. While the objective psychologist observes the mind of others from its own mind. One mind observing another mind. Buddhism is One mind observing One mind. In Buddhism there is only One mind, and you are it. There is only one Buddha and you are IT. read more

Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. read more

Professor emeritus Charles Prebish has written and edited numerous books on Buddhism, including Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. No, Buddhism is not a religion Buddhism can be practiced as a religion, says Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, but that’s not what the Buddha taught. read more