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David Brazier is a writer, poet, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher who has been an innovator in a number of fields of social, community, educational and religious work as well as experimental in his approach to the arts, culture and literature. He is also known by his Buddhist name, Dharmavidya (Fa Ming in Chinese, Homyo in Japanese). He holds a doctorate for work in Buddhist psychology and has published six books, numerous chapters and monographs:
- A Guide to Psychodrama (out of print)
- Beyond Carl Rogers: Towards a psychotherapy for the 21st century
- Zen Therapy
- The Feeling Buddha
- New Buddhism
- Who Loves Dies Well
His current work is in sponsored by the Amida Trust where he is an officer of the trust and head of the Amida Order. There is a friends network associated with the Amida Trust that you are welcome to join. In this capacity he has done work in Bosnia, India and North America and is based at the Amida Houses in Narborough in Leicestershire, Finsbury Park in London, and Cher in central France, teaches on Amida Trust educational programmes, acts as a consultant and visiting lecturer to other bodies.
There are different sections to this weblog concerned with day to day or longer term matters. Please find your way around by using the "Categories" and the "Recent Posts" sections on the left. This site is being redesigned from May 2008 so there may be changes in categories from time to time.
David Brazier knew and was greatly influenced by the work of the psychologist Carl Ransom Rogers and in the book, Beyond Carl Rogers, Brazier advances a refinement of Rogers' basic theory suggesting that the primary human drive is not self-centric but a form of alterity, or, more simply, love. This basic principle provides the key point in his work to relate his psychology and spirituality, work that has had many practical manifestations over the years. Much of his activity is conducted in co-operation with his wife Caroline Brazier, author of Buddhist Psychology and The Other Buddhism. Current information about the Braziers' writings and published materials can be found at <a href="http://amidatrust.typepad.com/braziersbooks/">Amida Books</a>.
Questions: There is a section in the weblog called "Questions in the Sand". This replaces a previous separate weblog of that name. If you want to address questions to David Brazier about religious or philosophical questions or about faith and practice, send them to him by e-mail to dharmavidya@amidatrust.com with "Questions in the Sand" in the subject line and the answers will appear in this section in due course.
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