The Happiness Project: Transforming the Three Poisons that Cause the Suffering We Inflict on Ourselves and Others (Paperback)

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"...an intriguing and cogent examination of suffering through the perspectives of psychoanalysis and Buddhism...a substantial contribution."--Jerry Piven, The New School

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; Trade Paperback Edition edition (November 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559390794
• ISBN-13: 978-1559390798
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #159,857 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, January 19, 2000

By	Stephen R. Kaufman (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

Dr. Leifer, a psychiatrist, borrows from his Buddhist practice and his
clinical experience to offer profound insights into the sources of
anxiety and depression in the West. He makes a compelling case that
the projects we develop to make us happy become the sources of our
unhappiness. Meditation can help reduce the three "poisons"
that make us miserable--desire, aversion, and ignorance.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb study of the search for happiness, July 17, 1999

By A Customer

This book is a magnificent overview of the human search for happiness, its variations, its fatal flaws, its pathos, its successes. Excellent look at happiness as a phenomenon. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Book for All People Who Care, August 12, 2005

By	Janice B - See all my reviews

This is the most profound book I have ever studied. During the past 20 years I have invested my time and money in books that detail the human condition and the causes and possible relief of our pain and suffering. This book takes an objective stance and casts a reality check on politics, religion, and many other belief systems we employ in our societies in order to alleviate pain and suffering and to strive for those things that can bring us joy and everlasting happiness. This book has helped me to better understand the belief systems of those around me and to have more empathy and compassion knowing that we all have our own 'happiness projects'. Essentially we're all on an unknown journey. Our Happiness Projects are our coping mechanisms. This book gives me comfort in knowing that we're all doing the best we can do given what we know.