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Emotional awareness : overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman / edited by Paul Ekman.

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Times Books, 2008.

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- -- Interviews

Ekman, Paul -- Interviews.

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xxiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index.

East and West. Two traditions ; Science, religion, and truth ; The filter of moods ; When emotions are destructive ; Attachment and control ; The poverty of emotional language -- Experiencing emotion. What are emotions? ; Obstacles to constructive emotional experiences ; Calming difficult people ; Mindfulness ; The refractory period ; Emotional scripts -- Emotional balance. Meditative practice ; How high the bar ; The startle and the buffer ; Forgiveness and responsibility -- Anger, resentment, and hatred. Preparing for anger ; Expressing anger ; The varieties of anger ; The actor and the act ; The relatives of anger ; Motivating anger -- The nature of compassion. Defining compassion ; Compassion from an evolutionary perspective ; Animal intelligence ; Unbiased compassion ; Cultivating connectedness ; Cultivating consciousness ; The balance of wisdom and compassion ; Empathy, intelligence, and wisdom -- Global compassion. Extending the limits of compassion ; Releasing resentments ; Learning altruism ; Achieving emotional balance ; Gratitude and rejoicing ; Mental training gymnasiums -- Personal transformation. Changing the experience of emotion ; The mystery of goodness ; The path of reason.

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