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Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being

2005; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00335.x

1467-8721

Paul Ekman, Richard J. Davidson, Matthieu Ricard, B. Alan Wallace,

Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Stimulated by a recent meeting between Western psychologists and the Dalai Lama on the topic of destructive emotions, we report on two issues: the achievement of enduring happiness, what Tibetan Buddhists call sukha, and the nature of afflictive and nonafflictive emotional states and traits. A Buddhist perspective on these issues is presented, along with discussion of the challenges the Buddhist view raises for empirical research and theory.