Destructive emotions
by Daniel Goleman · first published 2003
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Dialogue between the Dalai Lama and scientists on how emotions like anger and hatred arise and can be worked with. Its accessible approach suits newcomers, especially those drawn to Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.
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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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…right in the brain. [Laughs.] Ref: Dalai Lama's website where it quotes his interview in the Time Magazine - http://www.dalailama.com/messages/transcripts/10-questions-t... I found this book useful: "Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama" - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26332.Destructive_Emotion...
on “Don’t let your anger persist” ↗If you found this interesting check out the book "Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama" http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialog... They talk about this same experiment.
on “Matthieu Ricard shows results of recent experiments with experienced meditators” ↗Have you read "Destructive Emotions" which I think was a collaboration between Daniel Goleman and the Dalai Lama? The title may sound off-putting to some but it was a great book for me, following on from Emotional Intelligence (I second…
on “Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness?” ↗…leave me rattled the way fiction can leave you. And then I read this book and my mind was blown. I was outraged that people in the world can write like that, and that I am not one of those people. 4. Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama/D. Goleman. I randomly picked up this book, it was lying around at this place I was staying at. This was my first intro to Buddhist analytical analysis and…
on “Ask HN: Which book/essay changed your life?” ↗…difficult and challenging it will be. take the same emotion and interpret it as positive. do you find your life exciting? do you feel you're growing and doing things no one else could? try and read 'destructive emotions' by the dalai lama and daniel goleman.
…out there that meditation increases insight, memory, improves sleep, reduces stress, reduces the physical perception of pain, improves, well, just about everything. Useful refs: http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialog... (the Audio CD set is even better, imo, with actual dialog) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43006-2005Jan... My…
on “Ask HN: Do you meditate? How/Why? ” ↗Check these out: http://people.duke.edu/~ojf/DestructiveEmotions.pdf http://www.amazon.ca/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialogu...
on “Human Brains Are Wired to Blame Rather Than Praise” ↗…https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0269993014300039... [Oser] https://www.lionsroar.com/the-lama-in-the-lab/ I include this as it's a personal favourite of mine and covered more extensively in Daniel Golman's book, Destructive Emotions.
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