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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September 26th, 1992, Serial No. 00638, Side B Silence, Don't Know Mind, resistance, Concentration, Peace, Emotions, Politics,... |
Sep 26 1992 |
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1992.09.20-serial.00112 Emotions, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Equanimity, Desire |
Sep 20 1992 |
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1992.09.20-serial.00257 Emotions, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Desire, Equanimity |
Sep 20 1992 |
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Criticism in the Realm of Absolute and RelativeSerial: BZ-00631A Sesshin Day 5 Absolute-and-Relative, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Discrimination, Emotions, Ego... |
Jun 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00709A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period,... |
Jun 24 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #45: Who Is that Other?Serial: BZ-00711B Buddha and Maitreya Are Servants to Another, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Maitreya, MM-45, Ego, Anger, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva... |
Jun 13 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 21st, 1992, Serial No. 00607 Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Emotions, Daily Life, Darkness and Light,... |
May 21 1992 |
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May 9th, 1992, Serial No. 00712, Side B Silence, confusion, Emotions, Anger, Greed, Funeral, Discrimination, Conversation,... |
May 09 1992 |
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May 3rd, 1992, Serial No. 00710, Side A Four Foundations, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, American, Peace, Emotions, Anger |
May 03 1992 |
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March 7th, 1992, Serial No. 00686, Side B Emotions, Berkeley Zen Center, Posture, Describe, Separation, Beginners, Sangha,... |
Mar 07 1992 |
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1991.12.03-serial.00106B Concentration, Monkey Mind, Thich Nhat Hanh, Building, Emotions |
Dec 03 1991 |
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1991.11.03-serial.00248 Emotions, Offering, Don't Know Mind, Manjushri, Karma |
Nov 03 1991 |
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Green Tara Q&A Serial 00024 Emotions, confusion, Lineage |
Oct 20 1991 Tape 4 Cupertino California |
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Green Tara Serial 00019 Concentration, Samadhi, Ceremony, Six Realms, Freedom, American, Equanimity, Emotions... |
Oct 19 1991 Tape 1 Cupertino California |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #93Serial: BZ-00750A True Self is Expressed, Saturday Lecture BCR-93, Emotions, Gratitude, Observe, Enthusiasm, American, Building, War, training... |
Sep 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1991.09.18-serial.00092 Practice Period, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Posture, Aspects of Practice, Zazen,... |
Sep 18 1991 |
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Fear Emptiness, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Commitment,... |
Aug 05 1991 City Center |
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Suffering and IntentionSerial: BZ-00968A Sesshin Day 5 Suffering, Intention, Emotions, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Lay, Tassajara... |
Jun 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Sesshin?Serial: BZ-00967B Sesshin Day 4 Sesshin, Pure Existence, Building, Peace, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Karma, Happiness... |
Jun 29 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1991.06.06-serial.00099 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
Jun 06 1991 |
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June 6th, 1991, Serial No. 00276 Birth-and-Death, Subject-and-Object, Interview, Duality, Religion, War, Emotions,... |
Jun 06 1991 |
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1991.05.29-serial.00097 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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1991.05.29-serial.00098 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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Shuso LectureSerial: SF-00949 #shuso-talk Equanimity, Six Realms, Peace, Balance, Delusion, Happiness, Emotions, Zazen,... |
Mar 27 1991 Unknown |
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Emotions That Sweep Us AwaySerial: SF-03967 Sunday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Half-Smile, Enemies, Patience, Cultivation, Impermanence,... |
Jan 16 1991 Green Gulch |
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December 15th, 1990, Serial No. 00699, Side A Concentration, Soto Zen, Instruction, Anger, Hate, Family Practice, Posture, Describe... |
Dec 15 1990 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00697B Rohatsu Day 5 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Separation, Dragons, Hindrances, Religion, Peace,... |
Dec 06 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dedicate to World PeaceSerial: BZ-00696B Starts with Ourself, Rohatsu Day 1 Peace, Anger, War, Enemies, stubbornness, Hate, Building, Emotions, Greed, Continuous... |
Dec 02 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #25Serial: BZ-00493A Saturday Lecture BCR-25, Birth-and-Death, resistance, Emotions, Daily Life, Priest, Ego, Hindrances,... |
Sep 23 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 5th, 1990, Serial No. 00507, Side B Conversation, Soto Zen, Aspects of Practice, Mindfulness, Emotions, Lay, Enthusiasm,... |
May 05 1990 |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02715 Commercially produced cassette Emptiness, realization, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Transmission, Samsara,... |
Oct 09 1989 San Jose |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02718 Commercially produced cassette Emptiness, realization, Delusion, Two Truths, Subject-and-Object, Enemies, Emotions,... |
Oct 08 1989 San Jose |
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1989.07.23-serial.00082 Obstacles, Anger, Doubt, Enemies, Dana, Emotions, Observe, Bell, Vows, Instruction... |
Jul 23 1989 |
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June 10th, 1989, Serial No. 00375, Side A resistance, Posture, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Continuous, confusion,... |
Jun 10 1989 |
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Sunday Lecture Emotions, Cultivation, Anger, Patience, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Continuous,... |
May 30 1989 Green Gulch |
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May 27th, 1989, Serial No. 00721Serial: BZ-00721 Lecture Precepts, Daily Life, Cultivation, Practice Period, Emotions, Posture, Anger, Birth-... |
May 27 1989 |
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Greed, Hate, and DelusionSerial: BZ-00371A Saturday Lecture Three Poisons, Greed, Hate, Delusion, Greed, Hate, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-... |
Mar 11 1989 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mindfulness of FeelingsSerial: BZ-00328 Sesshin Day 4 Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Emotions, Happiness, Enthusiasm, Don't Know Mind... |
Feb 21 1989 |
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January 9th, 1989, Serial No. 00327Serial: BZ-00327 Monday Evening Happiness, Enemies, Passions, Practice Period, Emotions, Equanimity, Mindfulness,... |
Jan 09 1989 |
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Meditation Talk Letting Go, Freedom, confusion, Mindfulness, Addiction, Echo, Daily Life, Balance,... |
Jan 05 1989 San Anselmo |
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Lion's Roar Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Emptiness, Emotions, Letting Go, Enemies, Cultivation... |
Dec 30 1988 SFZC |
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Lion's Roar Letting Go, Mindfulness, Balance, Commitment, Samsara, Practice Period, Liberation,... |
Dec 29 1988 SFZC |
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ChenrezigSerial: SF-01918 Practice itself - Blind Faith - Center of Mandala Freedom, Emotions, Samsara, Mindfulness, Anger, Faith, Ego, Karma, Don't Know... |
Dec 24 1988 SFZC |
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NgondroSerial: SF-01878 Ngondro Class - Guru Yoga Lineage, Samsara, Emotions, Emptiness, Transmission, Attachment, Describe,... |
Dec 20 1988 SFZC |
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1988.12.18-serial.00066 Observe, Emotions, Equanimity, Offering, Peace |
Dec 18 1988 |
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December 12th, 1988, Serial No. 01469 Duality, Posture, Composure, Pure Existence, Harmonizing, Emotions, Daily Life,... |
Dec 12 1988 |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Emotions, Chanting, Gratitude, Peace, Letting Go, Posture, Lay, Precepts,... |
Dec 11 1988 Green Gulch |
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December 8th, 1988, Serial No. 01473 Posture, Emotions, Buddha's Birthday, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Practice Period,... |
Dec 08 1988 |
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November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01468 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous, Judgement, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,... |
Nov 16 1988 |
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November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01508 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous, Judgement, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,... |
Nov 16 1988 |