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, and computer science. 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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Problems With ZazenSerial: BZ-02515 Rohatsu Day 2
Instruction, Posture, Nirvana, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Oneness, Conversation,... |
Dec 05 2016 |
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Wheel of Life, Karmic Life, Buddhist Life Big Mind, Karma, Emotions, Greed, Anger, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Demons,... |
Dec 03 2016 |
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Harmonious Life Straight from the Horses Mouth Intimacy, Mindfulness, Continuous, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Emotions, Intuition,... |
Sep 10 2016 |
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Five Hindrances and Seven Factors of EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-02494 Class 1 Hindrances, Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Doubt, Six Realms, Vows, Obstacles, Heart... |
Aug 25 2016 |
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Yogacara Teaching and Suzuki Roshi Culture, American, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Dependent Origination,... |
Jul 16 2016 |
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Hsin Hsin Ming: More to ComeSerial: BZ-02484 Sesshin Day 5
Buddha Mind, Emotions, Attachment, Anger, Hate, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind,... |
Jun 12 2016 |
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Hsin Hsin MingSerial: BZ-02477 Class 2 PP
Composure, Oneness, Duality, Discrimination, Demons, Emotions, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 12 2016 |
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Suzuki Roshi Eko Lectures: 8 Dhyana JhanaSerial: BZ-02451 Rohatsu Day 4
Passions, Echo, Concentration, Anger, Karma, Emotions, Nirvana, Beginners, Aspects of... |
Dec 02 2015 |
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The Glorious Death of the First Buddhist Nuns Mahapraj in Pali and Chinese Nirvana, Offering, Lay, Funeral, Ordination, Vimalakirti, Mahayana, Culture, American... |
Nov 28 2015 |
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YunmenSerial: BZ-02441 Aspects of Practice
Emotions, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Aspects of... |
Oct 24 2015 |
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Nothing Holy About It Silence, Culture, War, Bodhidharma, Bell, Tassajara, Emotions, Fox, Interdependence,... |
Sep 19 2015 |
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2015.08.21-serial.00157 true dharma, Concentration, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Samadhi, Daily Life, zen,... |
Aug 21 2015 |
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2015.08.18-serial.00152 Heart Sutra, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Buddha Nature, Bell, Duality, Patience... |
Aug 18 2015 |
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Aspects of ConsciousnessSerial: BZ-02418 PP Class 4
Mindfulness, Discrimination, Karma, Subject-and-Object, Offering, Ego, Anger,... |
May 28 2015 4 |
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Everything Changes Composure, Silence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Greed, Precepts, Buddha... |
May 23 2015 |
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Aspects of ConsciousnessSerial: BZ-02415 PP Class 3
Anger, Emotions, Intuition, Subject-and-Object, Attachment, Interview, Gaining Mind,... |
May 21 2015 3 |
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Birth and Death Birth-and-Death, Pure Existence, Emotions, Nirvana, Oneness, Composure, Duality,... |
Dec 13 2014 |
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Suffering is Not Enough Oneness, Soto Zen, Impermanence, Global Warming, Book of Serenity, soto, Fundraising... |
Sep 27 2014 |
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Teaching for the Tenzo Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Emotions, stubbornness, Anger, Hindrances, Ego |
Jun 19 2014 2 |
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Zazen Refresher Posture, Emotions, Passions, Practice Period, Instruction, Interview, Happiness, Evil... |
Jun 06 2014 |
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Heart Sutra Class Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Evil, Nirvana, Emotions, Renunciation, Attachment,... |
May 22 2014 2 |
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Buddha's EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-02343 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Emotions, Attachment, Intuition, Big Mind, Ego, Discrimination, Daily... |
Dec 07 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Think not ThinkingSerial: BZ-02342 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Greed, Happiness,... |
Dec 06 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ForgivenessSerial: BZ-02340 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, American, Attachment, Transmission... |
Dec 04 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Brain Washing 1,7,3,5Serial: BZ-02339 Rohatsu Dogen, Tenzo Kyokun, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Daily Life, Hate, Dragons,... |
Dec 03 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazen InstructionSerial: BZ-02338 Rohatsu Zazen, Posture, Pure Existence, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Religion, Emotions,... |
Dec 02 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice in the gate and outsideSerial: BZ-02334 Saturday Lecture Emotions, Emotions, Anger, Dependent Origination, Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Ego... |
Nov 09 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On Breathing Emotions, Breath, Suzuki Roshi, Enthusiasm, Posture |
Aug 29 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Breathing Breath, Posture, Observe, Emotions, Building |
Aug 01 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On The Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-02309 Karma, Saturday Lecture Katagiri Roshi, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Precepts, Repentance, Karma, Peace... |
May 25 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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SamadhiSerial: BZ-02304 Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture Samadhi, Suzuki Roshi, Vairochana Buddha, Precious Mirror, Darkness and Light, Silent... |
Apr 20 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Five Aspects of Effort Culture, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, Greed, Emotions, Ego, Interview,... |
Mar 09 2013 |
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Sandokai-Branching-Streams-Lecture-Six-Part-TwoSerial: BZ-02294 Sandokai, Sesshin Day 2 Suzuki Roshi, Sekito Kisen, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Funeral, American,... |
Feb 17 2013 Part 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Our Minor PreceptsSerial: BZ-02275 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Renunciation, Emotions, Humility, Sangha, Conversation, Beginners, Patience... |
Nov 17 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On the Body Addiction, Emotions, zen meditation, Discrimination |
Nov 01 2012 The Yoga Room |
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Poems of Miaza Never Despise Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, uchiyama, Beginners, Separation,... |
Aug 04 2012 |
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2012.07.30-serial.00141 Four Noble Truths, Anger, Vows, Subject-and-Object, Samsara, Dependent Origination,... |
Jul 30 2012 |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-02252 3 Pure Precepts, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Repentance, Vows, Repentance, Evil, Precepts, Karma, Vows, Four Noble... |
Jul 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-3Serial: BZ-02250 Transformation at the Base, Sesshin Day 5] Live life one moment at a time
Suffering, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Emotions, Dragons, Passions, Religion... |
Jun 24 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice Period AdmonitionsSerial: BZ-02242 Peaceful Abiding, One-Day Sitting Karma, Shuso, Ceremony, Effort, Admonitions, Practice Period, Daily Life, Family... |
May 12 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Non-duality, Duality, Instruction, Religion... |
Mar 10 2012 |
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Mindfulness Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Posture, Peace, Emotions, Cultivation, Equanimity,... |
Feb 25 2012 |
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The Little Hare and the FruitSerial: BZ-02217 Seeing Things "As It Is", Saturday Lecture Non-discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Fasting,... |
Dec 03 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monastic PracticeSerial: BZ-02216 The Law of Circularity, Saturday Lecture Wearing down Self-centeredness, Jizo's Compassion, Tiger's Cave
Emptiness, Jizo, Compassion, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Building,... |
Nov 26 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Moment By MomentSerial: BZ-02198 The Most Important Thing, One-Day Sitting Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva, Balance, Posture, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Don't... |
Aug 14 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Mind - What Is ItSerial: BZ-02187 Shuso talk Sesshin Day 3 Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Practice Period, confusion, Posture, Emotions,... |
Jun 17 2011 |
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The Dharma and Non-violent Action in Burma Berkeley Zen Center, training, Anger, Interview, War, Peace, Emotions, Evil, Non-... |
Apr 23 2011 |