The Art Of Happiness: A Handbook For Living

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Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least he's smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, the Nobel Prize winner, and increasingly popular speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending just a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling just a little bit happier.

The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people in the world who if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, 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 towards 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.

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, work, and spirituality to show us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is an audiobook that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.

What Customers Say About The Art Of Happiness: A Handbook For Living:

and I'm not even a Bhuddist.Sorry Dr Cutler- but you did the wrong thing, packaging the book the way you did. This borders on deceit. I bought a book which on the cover appeared to be HH's, the Dali Lama's views on the art of Happiness.What I got was a lot of analysis and comparison from Dr Cutler.How, why, what, what it means, to Dr Cutler.Find a book written by His Holiness instead.

I was a bit disappointed that neither book contained detailed treatments of some of the exercises referred to, such as the "seven-point cause and effect" and "equalization and exchange". I found his additions to what the Dalai Lama has to say didn't bring much value. What I was looking for in both books was mental exercises, and these are found in "Healing Anger" in each of the eight sessions in between the talk and the Q&A, so these are easier to find in "Healing Anger". This book and "Healing Anger" have pretty much the same content, so don't buy both. These can be found on the internet by googling "Developing the Mind of Great Capacity". For this reason "The Art of Happiness" may be easier to use if you are interested in exploring particular topics. "Healing Anger" is organized in the form of eight talks and question-and-answer sessions over a four day period, whereas "The Art of Happiness" is organized topically. The downside of "The Art of Happiness" for me was Howard Cutler.

we know what to do but sometimes we just forget about it, this book is a good reminder. what i really find that this book really help me to be more positive, happier and easier to deal with anger, frustration, and resentfulness. it is actually written by this doctor cutler with interview of dalai lama.i dont really care who the writer is but it helps me.but i feel that it is speaking to me and really help when times i remember those hurtful from the past.

Instead of one way info flow, HCC's persuant questions, make the reader linger on thoughts and know better. Expanding on Compassion when DL says it involves opening yourself to other's suffering, HCC is quick to ask as to why would we take on another's burden, while we are trying to get rid of ours. Howard C Cutler asks some good questions for each of Dalai Lama's assertions. When Dalai Lama says that the goal of life is happiness HCC asks then why are we not naturally inclined towards it.

This book has impacted my life and I recommend it to anyone. The Dali Lama teaches us that all human beings are the same despite cultural and political differences. I bought this book on audio so I can listen on the way to work. The ideas in this book make you step back and reflect on our Western culture.