Healing Emotions: Conversations With The Dalai Lama On Mindfulness, Emotions And Health

Synopsis

This text is a record of the encounter between Buddhist teachers and Western psychologists, physicians and scientists. Buddhist traditions have always supported the idea of the mind healing the body - and now many Western countries are beginning to agree. This book, taken from discussions at the Mind and Life Conference in 1991 in Dharamasala, India, explores subjects such as: how are the brain, immune system and emotions interconnected? how can death help us understand the nature of mind? how does self-esteem effect body and mind? and what emotions are associated with well-being?