Download or read book The Buddha Was a Psychologist written by Arnold Kozak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Buddha Was a Psychologist: A Rational Approach to Buddhist Teachings, Arnold Kozak argues for a secular and psychological interpretation of the Buddha’s wisdom, with a particular focus on his mind model and use of metaphor. Kozak closely examines the Buddha’s hagiography, analyzing Buddhist dharma through the contexts of neuroscience, cognitive linguistics, and evolutionary psychology.