Dalai Lama - The Essence Of Happiness
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The essence of the iconic book The Art of Happiness distilled into a beautiful new format. Dont miss the Dalai Lamas newest, The Book of Joy, named one of Oprahs Favorite Things.
The Dalai Lama inspired millions around the world with his wisdom and compassion in The Art of Happiness. Now, in The Essence of Happiness, moving insights from His Holiness are gathered in an elegantly designed keepsake book that makes for a handy and accessible medium for that wisdom.
Offering sage advice on defeating day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other emotions that get in the way of true happiness, the pages of The Essence of Happiness contain transforming reflections on how to overcome suffering and obstacles to create a fulfilled, joyous life.
With its new package, ideal for taking anywhere, The Essence of Happiness is poised to become the handbook for living.
The Dalai Lama inspired millions around the world with his wisdom and compassion in The Art of Happiness. Now, in The Essence of Happiness, moving insights from His Holiness are gathered in an elegantly designed keepsake book that makes for a handy and accessible medium for that wisdom.
Offering sage advice on defeating day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other emotions that get in the way of true happiness, the pages of The Essence of Happiness contain transforming reflections on how to overcome suffering and obstacles to create a fulfilled, joyous life.
With its new package, ideal for taking anywhere, The Essence of Happiness is poised to become the handbook for living.
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Foreword
The Essence of Happiness has been extracted from The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, a book based on extensive conversations between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard C. Cutler, a Western psychiatrist. Dr. Cutlers aim was to collaborate on a project that would present the Dalai Lamas views on leading a happier life, augmented by observations and commentary from his own Western perspective.
Dr. Cutler received his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Cutler currently resides in Phoenix, where he has a private psychiatric practice.
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. In 1989 His Holiness was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet. Since 1959 he has been living in exile in India. Tibet continues to be occupied by Communist China.
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Introduction
In this book we have distilled the essential principles and practices of The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, selecting key passages that encapsulate that books fundamental concepts. To introduce this volume, I think it may be helpful to view it within the wider context of the Art of Happiness book series, beginning with a brief history.
The Art of Happiness was published in 1998, and despite a small first printing and modest expectations of success, it quickly became an international bestseller, with readers eventually in the millions. After the books release, I found myself still wishing to explore the subject of happiness with the Dalai Lama, in greater depth. Although we had covered the key principles, I felt there was still much to learn, recalling many past conversations in which he had reminded me, Although achieving genuine happiness is possible, it is not a simple matter. There are many levels.... You need a variety of approaches.... The more sophisticated your level of education and knowledge about what truly leads to happiness, the more effective you will be in achieving it.
So when a convergence of events created the opportunity to continue our meetings, I was delighted. These discussions evolved into an ongoing collaboration on a series of books, including The Art of Happiness at Work (2003) and The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World (2009). Two more volumes are currently planned to complete the series.
This brings us to The Essence of Happiness. As I have just suggested a rationale for expanding the original volume into a series, the idea of condensing or abridging the same book may seem contradictory. But there is no conflict. There are many approaches to happiness, each useful under different circumstances. And sometimes, all we need are a few simple reminders of fundamental truths.
How can this book be useful? First, for those who are uncertain about which attitudes or behaviors lead to genuine happiness, it can help navigate a true course toward happinesswith an approach supported by 2,500 years of empirical testing by countless Buddhist practitioners and, more recently, by scientific verification. Second, for those who do know the true path to happiness, but who get so caught up in the grind of daily life that they forget these basic inner truths and veer off course, these nuggets of wisdom can act as reminders to help get them back on track. And for those who clearly remember these principles but fail to act on them, this book can encourage them to apply the principles in their daily lives, inspired by a man who has found genuine peace and happiness by following this path himself.
Because the structure and format of this book depart slightly from the customary format of the Art of Happiness series, before closing Id like to add a few comments about the editing of this book.
The Art of Happiness is divided into five main parts, then subdivided into chapters. The Essence of Happiness follows the same five-part structure, and within each part are excerpts related to the main themes found in the corresponding part of The Art of Happiness. These excerpts were extracted from The Art of Happiness, then loosely grouped by theme and reorganized, without reference to their original location. Therefore, the sequence of excerpts does not necessarily follow the same order of the chapters in the earlier book. Also, when extracting the excerpts, occasionally I found it necessary to do some minor editing, either for grammar or to preserve the clarity and correct meaning of a passage, once it was taken out of the context of the wider discussion. In a few cases, I also edited for conciseness, although generally I felt it more important to keep the Dalai Lamas words as they appeared in the original dialogues; I took greater liberties in editing portions of my own commentary.
Finally, in the tenth-anniversary edition of The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama writes, Our aim has been to share with others the conviction that there is a lot each of us can do to achieve greater happiness in our lives and, more important, to draw attention to the tremendous inner resources that are at the disposal of each of us. I hope that this volume fulfills those same objectives and that you will find something of practical value in these pages, to help you achieve genuine and lasting happiness.
I.
The Purpose of Life
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is toward happiness.
Our days are numbered. At this very moment, many thousands are born into the worldsome destined to live only a few days or weeks, others destined to push through to the century mark, perhaps even a bit beyond, savoring every taste life has to offer: triumph, despair, joy, hatred, and love. We never know. But whether we live a day or a century, a central question always remains: What is the purpose of our life? What makes our lives meaningful? H.C.
The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We werent born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualitieswarmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peacefulhappier.
In Buddhism, the principle of causality is accepted as a natural lawif you want a particular event or experience to occur, then the logical thing to do is to seek the causes and conditions that give rise to it.... So, if you desire happiness, you should seek the causes that give rise to it, and if you dont desire suffering, then what you should do is ensure that the causes and conditions that would give rise to it no longer arise.
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