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The Art of Happiness

A Handbook for Living

By Dalai Lama, The Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler

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| Hardcover | 9781573221115

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"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 PrizContinue

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The West Meets East

I felt like Mr. Culter was consuming Dalai Lama's good will to produce this book. From a western psychologist's point of view to decipher the Buddhism's wisdom to make western people's lives happier? It does not sound adequate. But I have admired the effort from the author and Dalai Lama for this di ... (continue)

I felt like Mr. Culter was consuming Dalai Lama's good will to produce this book. From a western psychologist's point of view to decipher the Buddhism's wisdom to make western people's lives happier? It does not sound adequate. But I have admired the effort from the author and Dalai Lama for this difficult task.
There are some good points being pointed out by the Dalai Lama, like pursuing "High" (glory moment) is not happiness. It is not sustainable. Once all highs are tapering off, we are not happier than we used to be.

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Read it and you will know why Dalai Lama is named a spiritual leader.

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KC said on Jun 27, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback