The Art of Happiness: Summary and book reviews of The Art of Happiness by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, plus links to an excerpt from The Art of Happiness and a biography of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
The Art of Happiness A Handbook For Living
by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler, M.D.
Hardcover: Nov 1998,
322 pages.
Paperback: Nov 1999,
322 pages.
"Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness
So popular and so rarely understood, this Nobel Peace Prize winner and man of great inner peace brings to a general audience the key to a happy life. In collaboration with a Western psychiatrist, The Art of Happiness is the first inspirational book for a general audience by the Dalai Lama.
Through meditations, stories, and the meeting of Buddhism and psychology, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad mood. He discusses relationships, health, family, and work to show us 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 crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help readers with the difficulties common to all human beings.
BOOK REVIEWS
Media Reviews
Booklist - Donna Seaman
Over and over again, Cutler poses complicated psychological inquiries only to have the Dalai Lama offer responses that reach far beyond the parameters of the self. There really is such a thing as an art of happiness, and this is one of the best how-to books a reader will ever find.
Recent Reader Reviews
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