May 8, 2025 • 58 secs
The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion.
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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.I'm Jordan Rich. There's a new book
called Why We Meditate, The Scienceand Practice of Clarity and Compassion by Daniel
Goleman and Sockney Rhymposch. Daniel Golemanis a researcher most famous for coining the
phrase emotional intelligence or e Q,and his colleague Sockney Rymposh is a Buddhist
monk, and together the two writeabout science, religion, and various aspects
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of meditation that can make a realdifference in one's life. There's not only
the spiritual side, but the scientificside with meditation designed to evoke empathy or
quell anger. And what I lovedabout it is the simple, clear prose
language that each employs and their kindnessin offering a step by step guide to
all kinds of meditation practices action stepsfrom both the Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques and
(00:43):
those of today's psychologists for those newto meditation and those who've done it for
years. A book you might wantto check out called Why We Meditate,
A Science and Practice of Clarity andCompassion by Daniel Goleman and Sockne Rimposh.
The book Club. W Z Boston'snews radio
Welcome to the WBZ book Club.I'm Jordan Rich. There's a new book
called Why We Meditate, The Scienceand Practice of Clarity and Compassion by Daniel
Goleman and Sockney Rhymposch. Daniel Golemanis a researcher most famous for coining the
phrase emotional intelligence or e Q,and his colleague Sockney Rymposh is a Buddhist
monk, and together the two writeabout science, religion, and various aspects
(00:22):
of meditation that can make a realdifference in one's life. There's not only
the spiritual side, but the scientificside with meditation designed to evoke empathy or
quell anger. And what I lovedabout it is the simple, clear prose
language that each employs and their kindnessin offering a step by step guide to
all kinds of meditation practices action stepsfrom both the Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques and
(00:43):
those of today's psychologists for those newto meditation and those who've done it for
years. A book you might wantto check out called Why We Meditate,
A Science and Practice of Clarity andCompassion by Daniel Goleman and Sockne Rimposh.
The book Club. W Z Boston'snews radio
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