| Description |
vi, 269 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Ethics. 1. Three Views of Virtue / Lee Yearley. 2. Afflictive and Nourishing Emotions: Impacts on Health / Daniel Goleman -- Pt. 2. Biological Foundations. 3. The Body's Self / Francisco Varela. 4. The Brain and Emotions / Cliff Saron and Richard J. Davidson. 5. Stress, Trauma, and the Body / Daniel Brown -- Pt. 3. Skillful Means and Medicine. 6. Mindfulness as Medicine / Sharon Salzberg and Jon Kabat-Zinn. 7. Behavioral Medicine / Daniel Brown -- Pt. 4. Emotion and Culture. 8. The Virtues in Christian and Buddhist Traditions / Lee Yearley. 9. The Roots of Self-Esteem: Differences East and West -- Pt. 5. The Nature of Awareness. 10. Mind, Brain, and Body in Dialogue. 11. Subtleties of Consciousness -- Pt. 6. A Universal Ethic. 12. Medicine and Compassion / The Dalai Lama |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Buddhism - Psychology |
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Health - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Psychology.
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Buddhist ethics.
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Health -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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Mental health.
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Mindfulness (Psychology)
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| Author |
Goleman, Daniel.
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| LC no. |
96047896 |
| ISBN |
1570622124 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1590300106 (paperback) |
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