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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Ricard, Matthieu.     Subjects     Religious life -- Buddhism.     Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ricard, Matthieu.       by title:      Happiness [electroni...         MARC Display

Happiness [electronic resource] : a guide to developing life's most important skill / Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Jesse Browner. by Ricard, Matthieu. New York : Little, Brown, 2006. Subjects Religious life -- Buddhism.   Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F605A9F8-38EA-458E-8097-1AB28923EA11 This title is available online; click here to access ISBN:  9780316054751 (electronic bk.) 0316054755 (electronic bk.) 9780316149471 (electronic bk.) 0316149470 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) Edition:  1st English language ed. Contents:  Talking About Happiness -- Is Happiness the Purpose of Life? -- A Two-Way Mirror: Looking Within, Looking Without -- False Friends -- Is Happiness Possible? -- The Alchemy of Suffering -- The Veils of the Ego -- When Our Thoughts Become Our Worst Enemies -- The River of Emotion -- Disturbing Emotions: The Remedies -- Desire -- Hatred -- Envy -- The Great Leap to Freedom -- A Sociology of Happiness -- Happiness in the Lab -- Happiness and Altruism: Does Happiness Make Us Kind or Does Being Kind Make Us Happy? -- Happiness and Humility -- Optimism, Pessimism, and Naivete -- Golden Time, Leaden Time, Wasted Time -- One with the Flow of Time -- Ethics as the Science of Happiness -- Happiness in the Presence of Death -- A Path. Requests:  0 Summary:  In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at least as much energy as any other in our lives. Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, Western philosophy, Buddhist beliefs, scientific research, and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world. With its revelatory lessons and exercises, Happiness is an eloquent and stimulating guide to a happier life. Book jacket.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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