Emotional Intelligence(情商)

Book Description
*Why do seemingly rational, intelligent people commit acts of cruelty and
violence?

* What are the root causes of destructive behavior?
* How can we control the emotions that drive these impulses?
* Can we learn to live at peace with ourselves and others?

Imagine sitting with the Dalai Lama in his private meeting room with a small
group of world-class scientists and philosophers. The talk is lively and
fascinating as these leading minds grapple with age-old questions of
compelling contemporary urgency. Daniel Goleman, the internationally
bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, provides the illuminating
commentary—and reports on the breakthrough research this historic gathering
inspired.

Amazon.com
Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with
the Dalai Lama forcefully puts to rest the misconception that the realms of
science and spirituality are at odds. In this extraordinary book, Daniel
Goleman presents dialogues between the Dalai Lama and a small group of
eminent psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers that probe the
challenging questions: Can the worlds of science and philosophy work
together to recognize destructive emotions such as hatred, craving, and
delusion? If so, can they transform those feelings for the ultimate
improvement of humanity? As the Dalai Lama explains, "With the ever-growing
impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a greater
role to play in reminding us of our humanity."

The book's subject marks the eighth round in a series of ongoing meetings of
the Mind Life Institute. The varied perspectives of science, philosophy, and
Eastern and Western thought beautifully illustrate the symbiosis among the
views, which are readily accessible despite their complexity. Among the
book's many strengths is its organization, which allows readers to enjoy the
entire five-day seminar or choose sections that are most relevant to their
interests, such as "Cultivating Emotional Balance," "The Neuroscience of
Emotion," "Encouraging Compassion," or "The Scientific Study of
Consciousness." But the real joy is in gaining an insider's view of these
extraordinary minds at work, especially that of the Dalai Lama, whose
curiosity, Socratic questioning, and humor ultimately serve as the linchpin

for the book's soaring intellectual discussion.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Silvana Tropea


From Publishers Weekly
In May 2001, in a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, a Tibetan
Buddhist monk donned a cap studded with hundreds of sensors that were
connected to a state-of-the-art EEG, a brain-scanning device capable of
recording changes in his brain with speed and precision. When the monk began
meditating in a way that was designed to generate compassion, the sensors
registered a dramatic shift to a state of great joy. "The very act of
concern for others' well-being, it seems, creates a greater state of well-
being within oneself," writes bestselling author Goleman (Emotional
Intelligence) in his extraordinary new work. Goleman offers this
breakthrough as an appetizer to a feast. Readers will discover that it is
just one of a myriad of creative and positive results that are continuing to
flow from the Mind and Life dialogue that took place over five days in March
2000 between a group of leading Western scientists and philosophers and the
Dalai Lama in his private quarters in Dharamsala, India. This eighth Mind
and Life meeting is the seventh to be recorded in book form; Goleman's
account is the most detailed and user-friendly to date. The timely theme of
the dialogue was suggested by the Dalai Lama to Goleman, who took on the
role of organizer and brought together some world-class researchers and
thinkers, including psychologist Paul Ekman, philosopher Owen Flanagan, the
late Francisco Varela and Buddhist photographer Matthieu Riccard. In a
sense, the many extraordinary insights and findings that arise from the
presentations and subsequent discussions are embodied by the Dalai Lama
himself as he appears here. Far from the cuddly teddy bear the popular media
sometimes makes him out to be, he emerges as a brilliant and exacting
interrogator, a natural scientist, as well as a leader committed to finding
a practical means to help society. Yet he also personally embodies the
possibility of overcoming destructive emotions, of becoming resilient,
compassionate and happy no matter what life brings. Covering the nature of
destructive emotions, the neuroscience of emotion, the scientific study of
consciousness and more, this essential volume offers a fascinating account
of what can emerge when two profound systems for studying the mind and
emotions, Western science and Buddhism, join forces. Goleman travels beyond
the edge of the known, and the report he sends back is encouraging.

From Library Journal
Eradicating violence throughout the world is at the core of contemporary
social thought and international justice. To that end, Goleman (psychology,
Rutgers Univ.) shares relevant discourse from an international symposium
between the Dalai Lama and experts in Eastern philosophy and Western science
on the topic of emotions. The best of both schools of thought is brought
together for the first time to establish a viable "mental gym" program aimed
at developing the average person's range of healthy feelings. Training the
brain to develop such feelings through the regular use of simple meditation
techniques and conflict resolution skills causes our behavior to shift
constructively toward other humans, the panel found. The flow of the
discussion here operates at a deep level and is suitable primarily for
psychology and psychiatry students. Notably, though, the contributors' wise
decision to help people strengthen themselves emotionally not for moral
reasons but for reasons of health and happiness will ultimately have mass
appeal. It is also a practical step toward ending world violence.Recommended
for academic libraries. 　　　


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Lisa Liquori,
M.L.S., Syracuse, NY

From Booklist
Instead of just transcribing and editing the March 2000 Mind and Life
meeting involving the Dalai Lama, other Buddhist scholars, and experimental
psychologists, Goleman, the meeting's scientific organizer, gives a
narrative account of the five-day event. As a pair of Pulitzer Prize
nominations for journalism and a succession of best-sellers beginning with
Emotional Intelligence (1995) confirms, experimental psychologist Goleman is
no mean writer, and this book is one of the most absorbing and, yes,
entertaining reports of brainstorming in the public interest since Plato
wrote up those symposia of Socrates'. The meeting's focus was on the
emotions and the prospects for enabling people to defuse fear, anger, and
other potentially destructive emotions before they trigger damaging
behavior. The Dalai Lama's interest in these matters stemmed from the desire
to find a secular means of achieving the compassionate and peaceable conduct
of life that individual Tibetan Buddhist meditation practiti……

Book Description
*Why do seemingly rational, intelligent people commit acts of cruelty and
violence?

* What are the root causes of destructive behavior?
* How can we control the emotions that drive these impulses?
* Can we learn to live at peace with ourselves and others?

Imagine sitting with the Dalai Lama in his private meeting room with a small
group of world-class scientists and philosophers. The talk is lively and
fascinating as these leading minds grapple with age-old questions of
compelling contemporary urgency. Daniel Goleman, the internationally
bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, provides the illuminating
commentary—and reports on the breakthrough research this historic gathering
inspired.

Amazon.com
Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with
the Dalai Lama forcefully puts to rest the misconception that the realms of
science and spirituality are at odds. In this extraordinary book, Daniel
Goleman presents dialogues between the Dalai Lama and a small group of
eminent psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers that probe the
challenging questions: Can the worlds of science and philosophy work
together to recognize destructive emotions such as hatred, craving, and
delusion? If so, can they transform those feelings for the ultimate
improvement of humanity? As the Dalai Lama explains, "With the ever-growing
impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a greater
role to play in reminding us of our humanity."

The book's subject marks the eighth round in a series of ongoing meetings of
the Mind Life Institute. The varied perspectives of science, philosophy, and
Eastern and Western thought beautifully illustrate the symbiosis among the
views, which are readily accessible despite their complexity. Among the
book's many strengths is its organization, which allows readers to enjoy the
entire five-day seminar or choose sections that are most relevant to their
interests, such as "Cultivating Emotional Balance," "The Neuroscience of
Emotion," "Encouraging Compassion," or "The Scientific Study of
Consciousness." But the real joy is in gaining an insider's view of these
extraordinary minds at work, especially that of the Dalai Lama, whose
curiosity, Socratic questioning, and humor ultimately serve as the linchpin

for the book's soaring intellectual discussion.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Silvana Tropea


From Publishers Weekly
In May 2001, in a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, a Tibetan
Buddhist monk donned a cap studded with hundreds of sensors that were
connected to a state-of-the-art EEG, a brain-scanning device capable of
recording changes in his brain with speed and precision. When the monk began
meditating in a way that was designed to generate compassion, the sensors
registered a dramatic shift to a state of great joy. "The very act of
concern for others' well-being, it seems, creates a greater state of well-
being within oneself," writes bestselling author Goleman (Emotional
Intelligence) in his extraordinary new work. Goleman offers this
breakthrough as an appetizer to a feast. Readers will discover that it is
just one of a myriad of creative and positive results that are continuing to
flow from the Mind and Life dialogue that took place over five days in March
2000 between a group of leading Western scientists and philosophers and the
Dalai Lama in his private quarters in Dharamsala, India. This eighth Mind
and Life meeting is the seventh to be recorded in book form; Goleman's
account is the most detailed and user-friendly to date. The timely theme of
the dialogue was suggested by the Dalai Lama to Goleman, who took on the
role of organizer and brought together some world-class researchers and
thinkers, including psychologist Paul Ekman, philosopher Owen Flanagan, the
late Francisco Varela and Buddhist photographer Matthieu Riccard. In a
sense, the many extraordinary insights and findings that arise from the
presentations and subsequent discussions are embodied by the Dalai Lama
himself as he appears here. Far from the cuddly teddy bear the popular media
sometimes makes him out to be, he emerges as a brilliant and exacting
interrogator, a natural scientist, as well as a leader committed to finding
a practical means to help society. Yet he also personally embodies the
possibility of overcoming destructive emotions, of becoming resilient,
compassionate and happy no matter what life brings. Covering the nature of
destructive emotions, the neuroscience of emotion, the scientific study of
consciousness and more, this essential volume offers a fascinating account
of what can emerge when two profound systems for studying the mind and
emotions, Western science and Buddhism, join forces. Goleman travels beyond
the edge of the known, and the report he sends back is encouraging.

From Library Journal
Eradicating violence throughout the world is at the core of contemporary
social thought and international justice. To that end, Goleman (psychology,
Rutgers Univ.) shares relevant discourse from an international symposium
between the Dalai Lama and experts in Eastern philosophy and Western science
on the topic of emotions. The best of both schools of thought is brought
together for the first time to establish a viable "mental gym" program aimed
at developing the average person's range of healthy feelings. Training the
brain to develop such feelings through the regular use of simple meditation
techniques and conflict resolution skills causes our behavior to shift
constructively toward other humans, the panel found. The flow of the
discussion here operates at a deep level and is suitable primarily for
psychology and psychiatry students. Notably, though, the contributors' wise
decision to help people strengthen themselves emotionally not for moral
reasons but for reasons of health and happiness will ultimately have mass
appeal. It is also a practical step toward ending world violence.Recommended
for academic libraries. 　　　


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Lisa Liquori,
M.L.S., Syracuse, NY

From Booklist
Instead of just transcribing and editing the March 2000 Mind and Life
meeting involving the Dalai Lama, other Buddhist scholars, and experimental
psychologists, Goleman, the meeting's scientific organizer, gives a
narrative account of the five-day event. As a pair of Pulitzer Prize
nominations for journalism and a succession of best-sellers beginning with
Emotional Intelligence (1995) confirms, experimental psychologist Goleman is
no mean writer, and this book is one of the most absorbing and, yes,
entertaining reports of brainstorming in the public interest since Plato
wrote up those symposia of Socrates'. The meeting's focus was on the
emotions and the prospects for enabling people to defuse fear, anger, and
other potentially destructive emotions before they trigger damaging
behavior. The Dalai Lama's interest in these matters stemmed from the desire
to find a secular means of achieving the compassionate and peaceable conduct
of life that individual Tibetan Buddhist meditation practitioners have
realized. Taking a page from TV, Goleman opens with a teaser--a de

Daniel Goleman, PH.D. is also the author of the worldwide bestseller Working with Emotional Intelligence and is co-author of Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, written with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee.

Dr. Goleman received his Ph.D. from Harvard and reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for twelve years, where he was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He was awarded "the American Psychological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award" and is currently a "Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science" His other books include Destructive Emotions, The Meditative Mind, The Creative Spirit, and Vital Lies, Simple Truths.