Buddhist Appreciation of Oral Tradition

In writing this, I do not claim to speak for all Buddhists.1 I am sure there are some, like my Abbot, who will criticize me for wasting time on something that isn’t “Buddhism,” so they think, or of going astray. However, my own teacher and training has no qualms about exploring anything that can help end suffering (see below). This article is also aimed towards those Buddhists who avail themselves of psychotherapy yet have had difficulty integrating or reconciling it with their Buddhist pra...