For the first time I learned about the Tibetan Buddhist view of emotion, a very different perspective from that which we hold in the West. I was amazed to find that the ideas I had been writing about in chapters 2 and 3 were compatible with the Buddhist view, in part, and the Buddhist view suggested extensions and refinements of my ideas that led me extensively. Most of all, I learned from His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, on many different levels, from the experiential to the intellectual, and I believe the book has benefited from my learning.
A quote from Paul Ekman saying that both he and the Dalai Lama have similar ideas about emotions does little good if noone specifies what those ideas are.
Paul Ekman is famous for having shown that certain basic emotions come with culture independent physiological signs and he’s among the 100 most cited psychologists.
I do think that it’s significant that a major psychologiss who researches emotions comes to very similar nontrival results as Buddhists.
I don’t think his idea of emotions is well summarized by a single quote.
Paul Ekman in Emotions Revealed
A quote from Paul Ekman saying that both he and the Dalai Lama have similar ideas about emotions does little good if noone specifies what those ideas are.
Paul Ekman is famous for having shown that certain basic emotions come with culture independent physiological signs and he’s among the 100 most cited psychologists.
I do think that it’s significant that a major psychologiss who researches emotions comes to very similar nontrival results as Buddhists.
I don’t think his idea of emotions is well summarized by a single quote.