Destructive Emotions

The Dalai Lama is a surprisingly scientific fellow, who took part in an academic meeting with noted behavioral scientists and philosophers. The purpose was to gain insight into how the Buddhist understanding of consciousness might inform the management of destructive human emotions like anger and fear. Daniel Goleman's narrative grace and journalistic experience make his account of the meeting hold the listener's attention like a front-page story. He alternates lucid framing of the material with quoted dialogue so that everything has a familiar context. The 16-plus hours will be cherished by devotees of this topic, as well as admirers of superbly written behavioral science audios. A seminal psychological audio. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine