The Buddhist perspective on the mind - how it works, how it goes wrong, how to fix it - is increasingly recognized as profound and highly practical by scientists, counselors, and other professionals. In The Psychology of Awakening, this powerful vision of human nature and its implications for personal and social life are presented for the first time to a wider audience by some of those who are most influential in exploring its potential for our way of life today. These include: David Brazier, Jon Kabat Zinn, Francisco Varela, Joy Manne, Geshe Thubten Jinpa, Mark Epstein, Gay Watson, Maura Sills, Guy Claxton, and Stephen Batchelor. Timelessly significant, accessible, and authentic, The Psychology of Awakening will interest all those who wish to better understand how their mind functions and who seek new ways to face the challenges - personal, professional, and cultural - that modern life presents us with.