THE ART OF HAPPINESS [Import] [Paperback]

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: HODDER# (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340712279
• ISBN-13: 978-0340712276
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,202,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple yet profound, January 3, 2008

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CyberVigilantes - See all my reviews

This review is from: THE ART OF HAPPINESS (Paperback)

A very easy book to read and a great antidote to the excesses of our western life style of consumption and greed.

It provides an easily digestible look at practical ways to live simply and happily.

It can seem patronising and too simple in places, it discusses things that are pretty obvious to most but that is because there is much truth in what the Dalai Lama says and his philosophy is pretty simple.

Live Happily!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple yet profound, January 3, 2008

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CyberVigilantes - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Happiness - a Handbook for Living (Paperback)

A very easy book to read and a great antidote to the excesses of our western life style of consumption and greed.

It provides an easily digestible look at practical ways to live simply and happily.

It can seem patronising and too simple in places, it discusses things that are pretty obvious to most but that is because there is much truth in what the Dalai Lama says and his philosophy is pretty simple.

Live Happily!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have ever read and listened too, July 31, 2011

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Rick L. Roller "Chainsaw Carver" (Kitsap Pennisula, Wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of Happiness (Audible Audio Edition)

I originally bought this for my wife, over a decade ago. She read it and then bought in on cassettes. We listened to it every night before going to bed as a way to end the day on a positive note. We wore the tape out and it helped us both relax into a very meditative state and we were not meditating. I bought it again in CD form and then bought it again for my kindle to listen to on those days when I the philosophy and deeper insight his Holliness shares with us. His teachings have helped me deal with many of lifes stressful and emotionally challenged moments, to include bad marriages (past, not present) betrayal of friends, family, and business partners, and it has helped me understand that its up to me as to how those peopel will effect my life. Compassion for others is always a better choice than revenge or evening the score. Forgiveness over holding a grudge. This coming from a former Marine.