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The Art of Happiness

A Handbook for Living

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The Art of Happiness

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler M.D. M.D.
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Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least he's smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, the Nobel Prize winner, and increasingly popular speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending just a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling just a little bit happier.
The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people in the world who if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional "yes." What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that "the very motion of our life is towards happiness." How to get them has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand.
Through meditations, stories and the meeting of Buddhism and psychology, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad mood. He discusses relationships, health, family, work, and spirituality to show us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is an audiobook that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.©1998 His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D., All Rights Reserved; (P)1998 Simon & Schuster, Inc.; SOUND IDEAS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Buddhism Personal Development Personal Success Spirituality Happiness Meditation Inspiring Health Mental Health Zen Buddhism Eastern Philosophy Eastern Spirituality
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The back and forth between the author's comments and the D.L's communication make his messages easy to understand. I would be lost without it. I do, however, need to listen to it over and over. Each time I learn something new.

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Written by a psychiatrist, the author is comparing the Dalai Lama's religion and easy of thinking to Western Thinking. On the way, he shares the many gifts of Buddhism. making it a great introduction to Buddhism. All can benefit from some of the short methods and meditations included in the book. What is missing in this book, is some of the joy and humaness of The Dalai Lama that I felt in the book entitled The Book ofJoy.

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Great book and summarized the mindset needed to be happy in life , well narrated by the author

Best book on concise art of happiness

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It doesn’t matter if you practice the religion or not, this book is wonderful. Anytime I feel down, I come back to this book and find light in my life.

I always come back to this book

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Here H.H. the Dalai Lama goes through Buddhism and how to use it can be used to defeat our anxiety, anger or even an ordinary bad mood. He tells stories to relate how this has been done by ordinary people every day. He also goes into why spirituality is important in our lives and why its not. He goes through how to find happiness and get through pain by seeing through it. Anyone who has kids that have watched Avatar: the last airbender knows this lesson. Pain is what tells us when something is wrong in our bodies and our lives. We should listen to it to deal with it and release it. As a long time meditation practitioner I found the information very informative.

Very infromative and great information

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