The art of happiness : a handbook for living / the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.Description: x, 322 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1573221112 (alk. paper)
  • 9781573221115 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BQ 7935 .B774 A78 1998
Contents:
Purpose of life: Right to happiness -- Sources of happiness -- Training the mind for happiness -- Reclaiming our innate state of happiness -- Human warmth and compassion: New model for intimacy -- Deepening our connection to others -- Value and benefits of compassion -- Transforming suffering: Facing suffering -- Self-created suffering -- Shifting perspective -- Finding meaning in pain and suffering -- Overcoming obstacles: Bringing about change -- Dealing with anger and hatred -- Dealing with anxiety and building self-esteem -- Closing reflections on living a spiritual life: Basic spiritual values.
Summary: One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how readers can attain the same inner peace.
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One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how readers can attain the same inner peace.

Purpose of life: Right to happiness -- Sources of happiness -- Training the mind for happiness -- Reclaiming our innate state of happiness -- Human warmth and compassion: New model for intimacy -- Deepening our connection to others -- Value and benefits of compassion -- Transforming suffering: Facing suffering -- Self-created suffering -- Shifting perspective -- Finding meaning in pain and suffering -- Overcoming obstacles: Bringing about change -- Dealing with anger and hatred -- Dealing with anxiety and building self-esteem -- Closing reflections on living a spiritual life: Basic spiritual values.

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