Foreword vii
Introduction 1

PART ONE: ETHICS
1. Three Views of Virtue Lee Yearly 11
2. Afflictive and Nourishing Emotions: Impacts on Health Daniel Goleman 33

PART TWO: Biological Foundations
3. The Body's Self Francisco Varela 49
4. The Brain and Emotions Cliff Saron and Richard J. Davidson 67
5. Stress, Trauma, and the Body Daniel Brown 89

PART THREE: SKILLFUL MEANS AND MEDICINE
6. Mindfulness as Medicine Sharon Salzberg and Jon Kabat-Zinn 107
7. Behavioral Medicine Daniel Brown 145

PART FOUR: EMOTION AND CULTURE
8. The Virtues in Christian and Buddhist Traditions Lee Yearly 165
9. The Roots of Self-Esteem: Differences East and West 184

PART FIVE: THE NATURE OF AWARENESS
10. Mind, Brain, and Body in Dialogue 211
11. Subtleties of Consciousness 226

PART SIX: A UNIVERSAL ETHIC
12. Medicine and Compassion The Dalai Lama 243

Appendix 251
Acknowledgments 261
About the Contributors 267
Index 269