If you meet the Buddha on an appointment in Samarra, kill him

Earliest known edition of If you meet the Buddha on an appointment in Samarra, kill him.

If you meet the Buddha on an appointment in Samarra, kill him is a self-help book by writer John O'Hara and psychotherapist Sheldon Kopp about a physician in Baghdad who challenges Death to a year of psychotherapy.

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External links

• Sheldon B. Kopp @ Wikipedia - Sheldon Bernard Kopp (29 March 1929 – 29 March 1999) was a psychotherapist and author, based in Washington, D.C. He was born in New York City, and received his PhD from the New School for Social Research. In addition to his private practice, he served as a Psychotherapy Supervisor for the Pastoral Counselling and Consultation Centres in Washington. He died of cardiac arrhythmia and pneumonia. Kopp wrote If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him! about the pilgrimage of psychotherapy patients. He is also popular for his quotes, for example: "All of the significant battles are waged within the self."
• Appointment in Samarra @ Wikipedia - Appointment in Samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by American writer John O'Hara (1905–1970). It concerns the self-destruction of the fictional character Julian English, a wealthy car dealer who was once a member of the social elite of Gibbsville (O'Hara's fictionalized version of Pottsville, Pennsylvania). The book created controversy due to O'Hara's inclusion of sexual content.

• 'Killing the Buddha': Promoting Religious Inquiry @ NPR
• If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! by Sheldon B. Kopp @ YouTube
• Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara @ YouTube
• Sheldon Kopp - An Eschatological Laundry List @ YouTube

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