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Art of Happiness A Handbook for Living Hardcover – 2009

by Dalai Lama (Author)

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An updated edition of a beloved classic, the original book on happiness, with new material from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler.

Nearly every time you see him, he?s laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He?s the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can?t help feeling happier.

If you ask him if he?s happy, even though he?s suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama 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 toward happiness.? How to get there 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.

The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology.

Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life?s obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. After being in print for ten years, this book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits around the world.

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover; 10 Anv edition (2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594488894
ISBN-13: 978-1594488894
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (628 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #14227 in Books > Religion & Spirituality

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Tips for Living -- a Gift from a Reader

By Michael W. Dabney on December 17, 2013

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I own this book but am posting this for prospective readers from a friend, who converted the ideas in this volume into tips for daily living, as an Advent project. If you'd like to contact the author, you can send me a message.

Tip # 1: I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear.
We are all seeking something better in life. The very motion of our life is towards happiness. Today embrace happiness as the purpose of your life. Use it like the rudder on a boat to steer a good course. Keep in mind all day your purpose. And remember it’s everyone else’s purpose and wish as well. By keeping this in mind, I’m sure you will contribute to your own or someone else’s happiness today.

Tip # 2: In this world, it is easy to get discouraged. But I want to focus on hope. I sound that note constantly. My hope is based on the belief that while attaining genuine and lasting happiness is not easy, it nevertheless can be done. Walk in that hope today, that you can and will attain genuine and lasting happiness.

Tip # 3: I believe that happiness can be achieved through training the mind. The way to do this is to cultivate the factors that lead to happiness and to eliminate those which lead to suffering. Today identify one factor that leads to happiness and and focus on that during the day. Identify one factor that leads to suffering and try to eliminate that.

Tip #4: As we begin to identify the factors that lead to a happier life, we will learn how the search for happiness offer benefits not only for the individual but for the individual’s family and for society at large as well.Read more ›

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A Journey in Search of Happiness

By Michael Boyajian on July 10, 2015

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A psychiatrist takes the reader on a wondrous journey of finding happiness through a series of interviews and observations of the Dalai Lama bringing warmth to a heart hardened by analytical science.

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Great man, great message to the masses.

By C. Petra on June 20, 2015

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Great man, great message to the masses.

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It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act---H.H. The Dalai Lama

By Konrei on December 23, 2010

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His Holiness has the amazing ability to say things that are both simple and profound. After listening to the XIV Dalai Lama or reading his words, I often find myself saying, "Why didn't I think of that?" Why not indeed? A previous reviewer states that this is a wonderful book but that it's hard to "get" the idea of being compassionate to ALL beings regardless of their own actions. It IS hard to "get" that. The Dalai Lama has been a Buddhist monk for the last 71 years, and HE works at it every single day. The Buddha himself, after his Enlightenment, didn't say, "Well, since I'm one with all that is I guess I can retire now." Nope. Shakyamuni began teaching. And he kept practicing, whether through sitting meditation or through workaday tasks. His practice matured him. He may have come up with the Four Noble Truths on Day One and he may have taught them throughout his life, but there's a great deal of evolution between those original thoughts and the Parinirvana Sutra uttered on his deathbed. He would have heartily endorsed the Dalai Lama's call to Happiness and accepted Tenzin Gyatso as a worthy Dharma successor.

But, I digress. Unlike many of the Dalai Lama's earlier books this one is geared specifically toward and for the general public. Just as you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy Levy's Rye, you don't have to be a Buddhist to appreciate this book. As a matter of fact, although every idea in this book is quintessentally Buddhist, every idea in this book is, more importantly, quintessentially human. The Dalai Lama's basic thesis is that we are all born to be happy. Reading this, I kept being reminded of Jefferson's words, "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Read more ›

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His message is always good.

By J's Opinion on September 20, 2014

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The content is great, and usually quite practical (although that doesn't necessarily mean easy). It is a worthy read. Where this book fails me, just a little, is in the writing style. It was written using an interview style. And while that is usually okay in a magazine article, I find it getting a little tedious in a book format. I have been criticized for making negative comments about writing style in other reviews, but for me, readability is important.

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CALMING AND HELPFUL

By HEYJUDE on December 20, 2014

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This audio version is very calming. It helps me to assemble my thoughts regarding what is important and what is not. Inspirational as well as motivating.

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Five Stars

By Janet M. Rich on January 23, 2015

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QUALITY Merchandise, Shipped PROMPTLY. Book of wisdom, will read again and again.

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Five Stars

By Wendy E. on January 18, 2015

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one of my favorite books of all time.....a must read

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