Frank Berliner joins the Aesclepion for a wide-ranging conversation on Buddhism, psychotherapy, meditation, and the existential realities of being human. We explore the self, suffering, death, compassion, spiritual bypassing, and the meeting of Buddhist wisdom with Western psychology.

Frank Berliner is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and longtime student of Buddhist and western existential psychology. He began studying with Chögyam Trungpa in 1974 and went on to serve as National Administrative Director of Shambhala Training and Executive Director of the Berkeley Shambhala Center. He later taught contemplative psychology at Naropa University for two decades, integrating Buddhist teachings, Western psychology, meditation, and existential inquiry. He is the author of Falling in Love with a Buddha, his memoir of his years as a  ...