This book applies the principles of an ancient religion to modern day problems. The author, who has a private practice in New York City, contends that the Buddhist perspective can combat narcissism which he defines as "the sense of falseness or emptiness that propels people either to idealize or to devalue themselves and others." He shows how Buddha's four truths of humiliation, thirst, release, and nowhere standing apply. Epstein salutes the value of meditation as a therapeutic tool and relates the Buddhist psychology of mind to remembering, repeating, and working through. Epstein's solid book offers another example of contemporary efforts to revitalize psychotherapy.