Happiness :
Ricard, Matthieu.
Happiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill / Matthieu Ricard. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2006. - xvi, 281 p. : 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at 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. Book jacket.
9780316167253
Religious life--Buddhism.
Happiness-- Religious aspects--Buddhism.
294.3444 RIC
Happiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill / Matthieu Ricard. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2006. - xvi, 281 p. : 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at 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. Book jacket.
9780316167253
Religious life--Buddhism.
Happiness-- Religious aspects--Buddhism.
294.3444 RIC