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Loading... The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living (1998)by Dalai Lama XIV, Howard C. Cutler
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. What an outstanding concept given by Dalai Lama. Yes I also believe that by only following one religion one cannot go to the spiritual path. We need to follow the humanity which includes love, kindness, compassion and peace. This book helps you to stop holding grudges, be more empathetic and understand that we're all just humans at the end of the day. A great read and this book really is for anyone, you just need to be willing to open your mind. I respect the Dalai Lama and I’m sure he had lots of good things to say in this book. I just didn’t find it readable. When I bought the book I thought that it had been written by the Dalai Lama himself, but in actual fact it had been penned by Howard C. Cutler M.D., who had had a series of talks with him and merely reports his ideas in the book. The Dalai Lama thinks that the purpose of our existence is to seek happiness, just as Esther Hicks’ Abraham tells us that the purpose of life is to be joyful. We learn that working on our mental outlook is a more effective means of achieving happiness than seeking it through wealth, position or physical health. Though our basic physical needs for food, clothing and shelter must be met, the important factor is developing positive mental states such as kindness and compassion. We need mental discipline to deal with and overcome mental states like anger or attachment. The Dalai Lama has been training his mind since he was four years old. He believes the fundamental nature of all sentient beings is “essentially gentle and not aggressive I didn’t get much more out of the book since I didn’t get far into it. But I can see there is a chapter about deepening our connection to others, including establishing empathy; there is one on facing suffering, one on finding meaning in pain and suffering, one on bringing about change, one on dealing with anger and hatred, one on dealing with anxiety and, finally, a chapter on basic spiritual values. However, though I have a positive view of Buddhism and, as stated, respect for the Dalai Lama, I can’t really recommend the book.
The Art of Happiness is the result of collaboration between psychiatrist Howard Cutler and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a blend of the Dalai Lama’s thoughts on various issues and Cutler’s personal and scientific reflections on them. AwardsDistinctions
One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how readers can attain the same inner peace. No library descriptions found.
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If only everyone on our planet would embrace his ideas. ( )