Full name: Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Author: Matthieu Ricard Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Self help, Non Fiction, Religion, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316167253 0316167258

In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as 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. Similar books: Advice not given by Mark Epstein Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield Just One Thing by Rick Hanson The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman Buddhist Boot Camp by Timber Hawkeye Happiness by Thich Nhat Hanh Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh Comfortable With Uncertainty by Pema Chodron