Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill, (Paperback)

from MargaretPinardAuthor

Comforting, cajoling, humorous and inspiring. This is a great book to just pick up and read every once in a while. Gives you a bit to chew on and see in your life.

from motjebben

An outstanding book! It resonates strongly with my experience, even after years of "Western" thought and psychology. I believe profound truths work that way: One can learn something from all of the venerable schools of wisdom, and that one will likely find threads or more that resonate with one's...

from ossicones

For me, the most interesting idea that this book had to offer was precisely what one reviewer found upsetting: "the way it treats emotions, by telling yourself to feel differently." The idea that Ricard advocates in this book is to not fall into the trap of feeling that pessimism and "gritty real...

from margaret.pinard

Comforting, cajoling, humorous and inspiring. This is a great book to just pick up and read every once in a while. Gives you a bit to chew on and see in your life.

from lbeaumont

After receiving his doctorate in molecular biology, Frenchman Matthieu Ricard chose to leave his privileged life for the ascetic life of a Buddhist monk. Since then he has been called the happiest person in the world. In this book he describes paths toward happiness drawn from ancient traditions ...