Destructive emotions
Subtitle: how can we overcome them? : a scientific dialogue with the Dalai Lama
By: narrated by Daniel Goleman ; with contributions by Richard J. Davidson ... [et al.].
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Emotions -- Religious aspects; Mental Health -- Religious aspects; Emotions and cognition; Spiritual life; Psychology and religion; Cognition; Emotions; Mental Health; Religion and Psychology; Spirituality
Description: A dialogue between the Dalai Lama and a group of scientists and philosophers unites research in education, psychology, and neuroscience with Buddhist practice to discuss how to cope with, transform, and eliminate negative emotions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : a challenge for humanity; title: A scientific collaboration; title: 1. The Lama in the lab; title: 2. A natural scientist; title: Day one : what  are destructive emotions?; title: 3. The Western perspective / presenters, Alan Wallace, Owen Flanagan; title: 4. A Buddhist psychology / presenter, Matthieu Ricard; title: 5. The anatomy of mental afflictions / presenters, Alan Wallace, Thupten Jinpa; title: Day two : feelings in everyday life; title: 6. The universality of emotion / presenter, Paul Ekman; title: 7. Cultivating emotional balance / presenter, the Venerable Kusalacitto; title: Day three : windows into the brain; title: 8. The neuroscience of emotion / presenter, Richard Davidson; title: 9. Our potential for change; title: Day four : mastering emotional skills; title: 10. Influence of culture / presenter, Jeanne Tsai; title: 11. Schooling for the good heart / presenter, Mark Greenberg; title: 12. Encouraging compassion; title: Day five : reasons for optimism; title: 13. The scientific study of consciousness / presenter, Francisco Varela; title: 14. The protean brain / presenter, Richard Davidson; title: Afterword : the journey continues.