Buddhist practices and emotional intelligence: finding the convergence

Buddhist teachings maintain that much of this suffering is unnecessary, and suggest practices for reducing it (Kabat-Zinn 1994; Kapleau 1989). There is now substantial support for the value of some of these practices (Alexander et al. 1993; Baer 2003; Bogart 1991; Hayes et al. 1999; Teasdale et al. 1995), yet many people are often unaware of them or dismiss them off hand as “religion” or superstition.