TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricard, Matthieu.
TI  - Happiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill
SN  - 978-1843545583
U1  - 294.3434 RIC 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Atlantic Books
KW  - Religion
KW  - Happiness--Religious aspects--Buddhism
KW  - Meditation--Buddhism
KW  - Happiness
N1  - Rs.399/-; Introduction     3
Talking About Happiness     17
Is Happiness the Purpose of Life?     26
A Two-Way Mirror: Looking Within, Looking Without     33
False Friends     40
Is Happiness Possible?     49
The Alchemy of Suffering     59
The Veils of the Ego     80
When Our Thoughts Become Our Worst Enemies     97
The River of Emotion     108
Disturbing Emotions: The Remedies     120
Desire     137
Hatred     146
Envy     157
The Great Leap to Freedom     160
A Sociology of Happiness     169
Happiness in the Lab     186
Happiness and Altruism: Does Happiness Make Us Kind or Does Being Kind Make Us Happy?     202
Happiness and Humility     211
Optimism, Pessimism, and Naivete     215
Golden Time, Leaden Time, Wasted Time     227
One with the Flow of Time     233
Ethics as the Science of Happiness     239
Happiness in the Presence of Death     253
A Path     258
Acknowledgments     267
Notes     269
N2  - 	
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
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