Ricard, Matthieu. <br/><br/>
Happiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill 

 - London  Atlantic Books  2007 
 - xiv,281p  20 cm ; Pbk 
<br/><br/> Rs.399/- 
<br/><br/>Introduction     3<br/>Talking About Happiness     17<br/>Is Happiness the Purpose of Life?     26<br/>A Two-Way Mirror: Looking Within, Looking Without     33<br/>False Friends     40<br/>Is Happiness Possible?     49<br/>The Alchemy of Suffering     59<br/>The Veils of the Ego     80<br/>When Our Thoughts Become Our Worst Enemies     97<br/>The River of Emotion     108<br/>Disturbing Emotions: The Remedies     120<br/>Desire     137<br/>Hatred     146<br/>Envy     157<br/>The Great Leap to Freedom     160<br/>A Sociology of Happiness     169<br/>Happiness in the Lab     186<br/>Happiness and Altruism: Does Happiness Make Us Kind or Does Being Kind Make Us Happy?     202<br/>Happiness and Humility     211<br/>Optimism, Pessimism, and Naivete     215<br/>Golden Time, Leaden Time, Wasted Time     227<br/>One with the Flow of Time     233<br/>Ethics as the Science of Happiness     239<br/>Happiness in the Presence of Death     253<br/>A Path     258<br/>Acknowledgments     267<br/>Notes     269 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>Matthieu Ricard shows us that happiness is not just an emotion, but a skill that can be developed. His step-by-step guide contains 20-minute exercises to train the mind to recognise and pursue happiness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1843545583 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion<br/>Happiness--Religious aspects--Buddhism<br/>Meditation--Buddhism<br/>Happiness
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3434 RIC