It’s an interesting thing when a book induces a sense of confusion and self-doubt. For the past couple of weeks this particular book, “ Minding What matters: Psychotherapy and the Buddha Within,” I have picked up and put down, picked up and put down.

No matter how I approached it I just found the style of writing and content too peculiar to engage my attention or interest. This resulted in me feeling that the book was either completely over my head or was just badly written. As I didn’’t wish to expose my own possible ignorance and lack of intellectual ability or arrogance by doing an ill-informed review, I often …