n 1988, when the Olympic games were at phy. His comments which appeared in this their peak in Seoul, I flew out to Lausanne, book were based on his ascetic journey to Switzerland as if to avoid the frantic public India. For me, it became a momentum to excitement and attended the 14th IFMP restore confidence in my work. ThenceConvention. There, I presented a paper forth, I devoted myself to Son (Zen) entitled "Psychotherapist and Expansion of meditation more vigorously than ever Awareness" which was accepted and appear- before, which finally led to me various ed in the journal, Psychotherapy and insights and breakthrough experiences conPsychosomatics, 53/1-4/90. cerning my own difficulties. Still, I am In this paper, I devoted a few passages to making the effort to purify my mind
Dr. M. Boss regarding his masterpiece through Samatha and V ipasyana .
"Indeanfart eines Psychiaters". To my great Of all barriers, I believe, the cultural
supprise, he attended our symposium, and I barrier is the most sticky and awful
casually became acquainted with him. His prejudice to get rid of. Therefore, even S.
natural, warm and innocent attitude made Freud made a mistake in understanding the
me comfortable. But who would have East declining the Buddhistic Emptiness as
known this opportunity would be the first pathological regression into oceanic feeling,
and the last moment of our meeting? while Dr. Boss could tide over such a
It may sound somewhat ironical that an barrier. He clearly illuminated it as an Easterner was inspired by a Westerner to ultimate state of human consciousness turn his attention to his own culture ; but ´ it realistically obtainable at the expense of is true that I was really inspired by his abandoning one´s selfish greed and total penetrating illumination of Indian philoso- purification of one´s mind. Finally, he designated Indian philosophy as "Erhellung- ing the depth of the human mind as well as therapies", for it consistently endeavors for the mind of East and West. It is with the more realistic solution to human affliction. deepest sadness that I suffer the loss of such
We would not deny that we have been a great man.
heavily indebted to Dr. Boss in understand-
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