Seth Zuih¿ Segall is a Zen Buddhist priest and clinical psychologist who served for nearly three decades on the clinical faculty of Yale University School of Medicine. He is currently the science writer for the Mindfulness Research Monthly and a chaplain associate at White Plains Hospital.

Explores the tensions between traditional Buddhist teachings and core Western beliefs regarding human well-being and flourishing

Suggests a revised understanding of the enlightenment ideal that combines Buddhist and Aristotelian elements

Demonstrates how this revised understanding already tacitly informs much of contemporary Western Buddhist rhetoric

Chapter 1 The Changing Nature of Buddhism.- Chapter 2 What is Enlightenment?.- Chapter 3 What is Eudaimonia?.- Chapter 4 The Fate of Traditional Enlightenment in the West.- Chapter 5 Suffering and the Cessation of Suffering.- Chapter 6 Self and Self-Transcendence.- Chapter 7 Buddhist Ethics and Eudaimonic Enlightenment.- Chapter 8 Metaphysical Humility: The Eudaimonic Enlightenment Model and Beyond.