The art of happiness (1998)
The art of happiness is a 1998 doctrines book written by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler.
A psychiatrist sits down with the fourteenth Dalai Lama and asks the practical questions: what makes a life content, how to handle anger, why suffering need not be the last word. Howard Cutler shapes the answers into a Western self-help frame, quoting the Dalai Lama at length and adding his own clinical notes between the conversations. The result blends Tibetan Buddhist thought with everyday psychology, aimed at readers who want serenity without a monastery. Calm and plainspoken, more concerned with daily habit than doctrine, it reads as a long guided talk about training the mind toward happiness.
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What is The art of happiness about?
A psychiatrist sits down with the fourteenth Dalai Lama and asks the practical questions: what makes a life content, how to handle anger, why suffering need not be the last word. Howard Cutler shapes the answers into a Western self-help frame, quoting the Dalai Lama at length and adding his own clinical notes between the conversations. The result blends Tibetan Buddhist thought with everyday psychology, aimed at readers who want serenity without a monastery. Calm and plainspoken, more concerned with daily habit than doctrine, it reads as a long guided talk about training the mind toward happiness.
When was The art of happiness published?
The art of happiness was published in 1998.
Who made The art of happiness?
The art of happiness was written by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler.
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Kundun, Martin Scorsese's film about the young Dalai Lama, gives the man a face and a history the book keeps offstage. Seven Years in Tibet covers the same court from an outsider's view. For the reflective mood, put on Philip Glass, whose Kundun score turns Buddhist patience into sound.