Emotions Talks

Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotions are often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, or creativity.
Research on emotion has increased over the past two decades, with many fields contributing, including psychology, medicine, history, sociology of emotions, computer science and philosophy. The numerous attempts to explain the origin, function, and other aspects of emotions have fostered intense research on this topic. Theorizing about the evolutionary origin and possible purpose of emotion dates back to Charles Darwin. Current areas of research include the neuroscience of emotion, using tools like PET and fMRI scans to study the affective picture processes in the brain.
From a mechanistic perspective, emotions can be defined as "a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity". Emotions are complex, involving multiple different components, such as subjective experience, cognitive processes, expressive behavior, psychophysiological changes, and instrumental behavior. At one time, academics attempted to identify the emotion with one of the components: William James with a subjective experience, behaviorists with instrumental behavior, psychophysiologists with physiological changes, and so on. More recently, emotion has been said to consist of all the components. The different components of emotion are categorized somewhat differently depending on the academic discipline. In psychology and philosophy, emotion typically includes a subjective, conscious experience characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states. A similar multi-componential description of emotion is found in sociology. For example, Peggy Thoits described emotions as involving physiological components, cultural or emotional labels (anger, surprise, etc.), expressive body actions, and the appraisal of situations and contexts. Cognitive processes, like reasoning and decision-making, are often regarded as separate from emotional processes, making a division between "thinking" and "feeling". However, not all theories of emotion regard this separation as valid.
Nowadays, most research into emotions in the clinical and well-being context focuses on emotion dynamics in daily life, predominantly the intensity of specific emotions and their variability, instability, inertia, and differentiation, as well as whether and how emotions augment or blunt each other over time and differences in these dynamics between people and along the lifespan.
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Transcending Self: Zen's Path to Joy Duality, Separation, Oneness, Funeral, Conversation, Anger, Emotions, Doubt |
Nov 03 1999 City Center |
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Unveiling Oneness: Embracing Infinite Connection Separation, Non-duality, Zendo, realization, Peace, Concentration, Happiness,... |
Jul 24 1999 |
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DelusionsSerial: SF-02730 Saturday Lecture Delusion, Letting Go, Buddha Mind, Freedom, Greed, Buddha Nature, Emotions,... |
Jun 26 1999 City Center |
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Timeless Zen: Dogen's Path to PresenceSerial: SF-00147 Wednesday night dharma talk Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic... |
Mar 03 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, Forgiveness, Global Warming, Half-Smile, Vow, Mill... |
Feb 14 1999 Green Gulch |
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Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt... |
Dec 02 1998 City Center |
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Rohatsu Teacher-and-Student, Rumi, Bell, Intimacy, Gratitude, Instruction, Zendo, Emotions,... |
Dec 01 1998 City Center |
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Chanting Practice Period, Vow, Delusion, Aspects of Practice, Chanting, Continuous Practice,... |
Nov 17 1998 |
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Saturday Lecture realization, Right Effort, Duality, Attachment, Separation, Emptiness, Emotions,... |
Nov 11 1998 City Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence, Freedom, Observe... |
Aug 22 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Posture, Mindfulness, Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Instruction,... |
Aug 18 1998 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Impermanence, Separation, resistance, Mindfulness, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,... |
May 20 1998 City Center |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Posture, Precepts, Samsara, Ceremony, Zendo, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,... |
May 16 1998 Green Gulch |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-03942 Friday Ego, Anger, Emotions, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi... |
Mar 27 1998 Unknown |
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The Mark of ImpermanenceSerial: SF-03980 Sunday Lecture: the mark of impermanence is expressed in many ways - everything changes, nothing remains the same Impermanence, Ceremony, Birth-and-Death, Offering, Priest, Emotions, Nirvana Sutra,... |
Mar 01 1998 Green Gulch |
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Saturday Lecture Bodhidharma, Emotions, Instruction, Daily Life, Concentration, Letting Go, Lay,... |
Feb 28 1998 City Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Emotions, resistance, Practice Period, Vow, Separation, Anger, Daily Life, Doubt,... |
Jan 07 1998 City Center |
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Rohatsu Sesshin Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Separation, Soto Zen, Commitment, Emotions, Doubt,... |
Dec 04 1997 Unknown |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period... |
Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch |
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Deep Relaxation - 5 Touchings of the EarthSerial: SF-04819 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Peace, Discrimination, Anger, Family Practice, Hate, Happiness, Emotions, Freedom,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Dharma Talk - ThursdaySerial: SF-04822 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Emotions, Freedom, Mindfulness, Bowing, Daily Life, Conversation, Bell, Obstacles,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Dharma Talk - WednesdaySerial: SF-04818 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Mindfulness, Anger, Happiness, Peace, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Freedom... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Genjo Koan workshop resistance, Emotions, Daily Life, Passions, Emptiness, Interview, Instruction,... |
Jun 15 1997 Green Gulch |
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Genjo Koan workshopSerial: SF-03175 Presentation and discussion of the first four lines of Genjo Koan Delusion, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, realization, Attachment, Discrimination, Hate... |
Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch |
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Genjo Koan workshopSerial: SF-03185 To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and... Delusion, realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,... |
Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch |
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Genjo Koan workshop Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Letting Go, Dependent Origination, Separation, Funeral,... |
Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch |
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Path Beyond Destination: Embracing Infinity Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 15 1997 |