If You Meet the Buddha On the Road, Kill Him

By: Sheldon Kopp

Narrated by: MIchael McConnohie

Therapists do not and cannot give answers. Explore the true nature of the therapeutic relationship, and realize that the guru is no Buddha. He is just another human struggling. Understanding the shape of your own personal ills, will lead you on your journey to recovery. Sheldon Kopp has a realistic approach to altering one's destiny and accepting the responsibility that grows with freedom.

Please note: This recording represents the technology of the time when it was produced. This is currently the best available source audio from the publisher.

©1972 by Science and Behavior Books, Inc. (P)1990 Audio Renaissance Tapes, Inc.

Feels Dated

This felt like a Dick and Jane version of becoming emotionally and spiritually intelligent. Perhaps I’m jaded from living in Northern California, the home of the human potential movement?
It felt like an hour and a half of a someone trying to convince us that psychotherapists are the same as guru’s. A bit of a stretch.
The Womens lib references really feel like the 70s.

Found it interesting

I enjoyed listening to this book. The storytelling was well done. I learned a few things and was entertained. There are a few words of the time that we no longer use. The lessons are worth the moments of discomfort, my opinion.
It's worth a listen. :)

great book

loved it read it over and over recommend to others to read great great book

Short and somewhat interesting

The book was recommended to me by a friend. Not knowing what to expect, it started strong with the opening. After that it was okay, not bad not great. There's some things to be learnt but if you're looking for help with a spiritual journey I'd look elsewhere. At the same time it's not the best for learning or for its stories. Its short though so it's not too long to give a try and see if you like it. I must say I wasn't bored through any of it.

This was probably groundbreaking at the time

This was assigned reading in the 1970s in colleges all across the country. I escaped having to read it then. Since it was cheap to free on Amazon I thought I should probably read it. I'm glad I did and I'm ever so grateful the audiobook was abridged. I also had the full book on Kindle to skim along with the reading, which was better then reading the whole thing. I found the whole endeavor to come off as smug and to have an "I know something you don't know" air to it. While the kernels of truth can be distilled and savored, we didn't really need all those words to accomplish the task.

Truly enlightening

This book was not what I was expecting, but that’s to say I was pleasantly surprised. Older material but still applicable and interesting

Read the full book

This abridged version barely scratches the surface of this book. Do yourself a favor and read the paperback.

Recording quality is poor/dated

The case studies are good, but the sound quality is poor with music behind the transitions and a lot of crackle or vocal fry in the voice of the reader.
The case studies are not linked in a profound way. There was an opportunity to make this a more spiritual study about enlightenment than about therapy (which is also important). Overall I’m disappointed.

"AAA"bridged version

The audio book is toooo short. It's a really "A"bridged version of the book. Good material. But not enough for a book.

Interesting

Great read, really makes you look inward I recommend this book to everyone that will listen.