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The Art of Happiness

The Art of Happiness (Riverhead, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-111-2) is a book by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist who posed deeply probing questions to the Dalai Lama. Cutler quotes the Dalai Lama at length, providing context and describing some details of the settings in which the interviews took place, as well as adding his own reflections on issues raised. The book explores training the human outlook that alters perception. * The purpose of life is happiness. * Happiness is determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s external conditions, circumstances, or events—at least once one’s basic survival needs are met. * Happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our attitudes and outlook. * The key to happiness is in our own hands. (more)

Type: book

Genres: buddhism, religious

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