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Destructive emotions

how can we overcome them? : a scientific dialogue with the Dalai Lama

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"Destructive emotions" was published by Bantam Books in 2003 - New York, it has 404 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Destructive emotions
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 404
  • Publisher: Bantam Books
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  • Publish Location: New York

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  • Pagination: xxiii, 404 p. :

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"Destructive emotions" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Prologue : a challenge for humanity
  • 2- A scientific collaboration
  • 3- 1. The Lama in the lab
  • 4- 2. A natural scientist
  • 5- Day one : what are destructive emotions?
  • 6- 3. The Western perspective / presenters, Alan Wallace, Owen Flanagan
  • 7- 4. A Buddhist psychology / presenter, Matthieu Ricard
  • 8- 5. The anatomy of mental afflictions / presenters, Alan Wallace, Thupten Jinpa
  • 9- Day two : feelings in everyday life
  • 10- 6. The universality of emotion / presenter, Paul Ekman
  • 11- 7. Cultivating emotional balance / presenter, the Venerable Kusalacitto
  • 12- Day three : windows into the brain
  • 13- 8. The neuroscience of emotion / presenter, Richard Davidson
  • 14- 9. Our potential for change
  • 15- Day four : mastering emotional skills
  • 16- 10. Influence of culture / presenter, Jeanne Tsai
  • 17- 11. Schooling for the good heart / presenter, Mark Greenberg
  • 18- 12. Encouraging compassion
  • 19- Day five : reasons for optimism
  • 20- 13. The scientific study of consciousness / presenter, Francisco Varela
  • 21- 14. The protean brain / presenter, Richard Davidson
  • 22- Afterword : the journey continues.

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Lama Oser strikes most anyone who meets him as resplendent-not because of his maroon and gold Tibetan monk's robes, but because of his radiant smile.

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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.

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