Healing Emotions : Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health

(publisher-supplied Data) Can The Mind Heal The Body? The Buddhist Tradition Says Yes--and Now Many Western Scientists Are Beginning To Agree. Healing Emotions Is The Record Of An Extraordinary Series Of Encounters Between The Dalai Lama And Prominent Western Psychologists, Physicians, And Meditation Teachers That Sheds New Light On The Mind-body Connection. Topics Include: Compassion As Medicine; The Nature Of Consciousness; Self-esteem; And The Meeting Points Of Mind, Body, And Spirit. This Edition Contains A New Foreword By The Editor. Three Views Of Virtue / Lee Yearley -- Afflictive And Nourishing Emotions : Impacts On Health / Daniel Goleman -- The Body's Self / Francisco Varela -- The Brain And Emotions / Cliff Saron And Richard J. Davidson -- Stress, Trauma, And The Body / Daniel Brown -- Mindfulness As Medicine / Sharon Salzberg And Jon Kabat-zinn -- Behavioral Medicine / Daniel Brown -- The Virtues In Christian And Buddhist Traditions / Lee Yearley -- The Roots Of Self-esteem : Differences East And West -- Mind, Brain, And Body In Dialogue -- Subtleties Of Consciousness -- Medicine And Compassion / The Dalai Lama. Edited, With A New Foreword, By Daniel Goleman. Includes Index.

Can the mind heal the body? The Buddhist tradition says yes—and now that many Western scientists are beginning to agree, these discussions between His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and a group of prominent physicians, psychologists, and meditation teachers could not be more timely. This book is a record of the Mind and Life Conference III, a meeting that took place in 1991 in Dharamsala, India, gathering together a unique assortment of Buddhist teachers and Western scholars to discuss such questions as: How are the brain, immune system, and emotions interconnected? What emotions are associated with enhanced well-being? How can death help us understand the nature of mind? How does self-esteem affect body and mind? How is morality related to physical and mental health? Can the mind heal the body?

"Can the mind heal the body? The Buddhist tradition says yes - and now that many Western scientists are beginning to agree, these discussions between His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and a group of prominent physicians, psychologists, and meditation teachers could not be more timely. This book is a record of the Mind and Life Conference III, a meeting that gathered together a unique assortment of Buddhist teachers and Western scholars in an attempt to shed new light on the body-mind connection."--BOOK JACKET "LEE YEARLEY introduces the conversation with a philosophical and ethical strand, one that becomes tightly woven into the deliberation as it continues." Boedhistische visie op het omgaan met emoties, gezondheid, medeleven, alsook de westerse visie op deze onderwerpen