Happiness : a guide to developing life's most important skill /: a guide to developing life's most important skill. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matthieu Ricard.
• Other Names: Ricard, Matthieu
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Talking About Happiness; 2. Is Happiness the Purpose of Life?; 3. A Two-Way Mirror: Looking Within, Looking Without; 4. False Friends; 5. Is Happiness Possible?; 6. The Alchemy of Suffering; 7. The Veils of the Ego; 8. When Our Thoughts Become Our Worst Enemies; 9. The River of Emotion; 10. Disturbing Emotions: The Remedies; 11. Desire; 12. Hatred; 13. Envy; 14. The Great Leap to Freedom; 15. A Sociology of Happiness; 16. Happiness in the Lab. 17. Happiness and Altruism: Does Happiness Make Us Kind or Does Being Kind Make Us Happy?18. Happiness and Humility; 19. Optimism, Pessimism, and Naïveté; 20. Golden Time, Leaden Time, Wasted Time; 21. One with the Flow of Time; 22. Ethics as the Science of Happiness; 23. Happiness in the Presence of Death; 24. A Path; Afterword; Notes.
• Publisher Details: London : Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 294.3444; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness; RELIGION -- Comparative Religion; Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Religious life -- Buddhism; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Religious life -- Buddhism; Conduct of life; Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Religious life -- Buddhism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782396369; 1782396365
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.