Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama

This book began and ended interesting. It's was a very thought provoking assessment of the topic with some great points that would benefit many people to know.

Love both the Dalai Lama and Daniel Goleman. Having both collaborate on such an important subject is incredibly enlightening. I can’t say enough wonderful things about it. Anyone and everyone would benefit greatly from reading this book.

"Destructive Emotions" is an account of one of the earliest meetings of the Mind and Life Symposium. These events started as a way for the Dalai Lama to learn how western science can be compared, contrasted, and perhaps integrated - as he has said repeatedly, "If science proves Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism must change."This particular meeting drove Richard Davidson's original imaging experiments examining the effects of meditation on the brain. By showing how meditation affected brain structure and activity, the scientific arguments for meditation were made. The description of the experiments and their implications is a major feature of this book, and is worth a read for anyone interested in the origins of the mindfulness movement.For a document covering both science and spirituality, it's surprisingly accessible. Daniel Goleman writes lucidly. You don't need to be a scientist or a Buddhist to enjoy reading this book.

In this book Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence books, chronicles Dalai Lama's latest efforts to promote an ongoing conversation between Western scientists and practitioners of meditation and Buddhism. It includes a number of interesting chapters that outline the methods and results Western scientists have been able to produce by studying the state of the mind of highly trained meditators. It also explores negative emotions, ways to understand them, and ways to avoid them. Personally, I found the book very thought provoking and absorbing. You will definitely question your own emotional states, moods, and personality. If you have never read anything about the Dalai Lama or practiced meditation, it's impact may be lessened.

I am finishing a doctorate in clinical psychology and I cannot get enough of this book! I am slowly devouring it, page by delicious page, in moments stolen from my dissertation. The neuroscientists brought together with the Dalai Lama to discuss destructive emotions are brilliant, open, and on the cutting edge of a very exciting field. If you have any interest at all in affective neuroscience, this book will send your mind reeling in a million different directions. If you don't know anything at all about neuroscience but come at this topic from a Buddhist point of view, it will also be a delicious read. There is so much in this book, it is worth reading slowly so that you don't miss a thing! I have also sent this book as a gift to several friends, I like it that much.

Years ago, thinking the Dalai Lama doesn't lead a normal life in the midst of a chaotic society, I did not study his teaching until I had a chance to read this book. Boy was I wrong! He understands human emotions at the deepest and most profound level that no man or psychologist has before. When translated and explained in lay men's terms, I can now hope that Buddhism will bring tremendous relief to the stressed out working population of the US. We allow our negative emotions too much control.This book will lead most of us out of our dark cell into a happier place.

This is the evidence that shows why we are suffering so much and it provides a wonderful way of handling our emotions. It describes a series of talks between western scientists and the dalai lama with other buddhist masters, where they all discuss about destructive emotions. The buddhist perspective on this topic is very interesting and I am sure we all can benefit from it.

I fired my therapist after reading this. I highly recommend it. Dalai Lama rocks!

Already read one of his books on social intelligence, got emotional intelligence, but haven't had the chance to read the while book. I like his writing style, so I can't see this been a boring read, actually looking forward to seeing his point of view on destructive emotions.

Nice hardback, great book to read for a sense of calm

Not as good as Emotional Intelligence by Goleman. This book is written as more of an account of various conversations and it is difficult to find the facts among it.

Every one should have this taught at every school in every country and land and then maybe just maybe we will have the ideal world we all crave for. It's uplifting scientific hope for all.

Great book would reccomend to anyone having a bad time in their head