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| 020 | _a978-1843545583 | ||
| 082 | _a294.3434 RIC | ||
| 100 | _aRicard, Matthieu. | ||
| 245 | _aHappiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill | ||
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_bAtlantic Books _aLondon _c2007 |
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| 300 |
_axiv,281p _b20 cm ; Pbk |
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| 500 | _aRs.399/- | ||
| 505 | _aIntroduction 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 | ||
| 520 | _a 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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_aReligion _aHappiness--Religious aspects--Buddhism _aMeditation--Buddhism _aHappiness |
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