The art of happiness : a handbook for living /
Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
The art of happiness : a handbook for living / the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. - New York : Riverhead Books, 1998. - x, 322 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
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.
1573221112 (alk. paper) 9781573221115 (alk. paper)
98020431
Religious life--Buddhism.
Happiness--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Doctrines.
BQ 7935 .B774 / A78 1998
The art of happiness : a handbook for living / the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. - New York : Riverhead Books, 1998. - x, 322 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
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.
1573221112 (alk. paper) 9781573221115 (alk. paper)
98020431
Religious life--Buddhism.
Happiness--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Doctrines.
BQ 7935 .B774 / A78 1998