The Art of Happiness
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The Art of Happiness (Riverhead, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-111-2) is a book by the Dalai Lama and co-authored with Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist who posed deeply probing questions to the Dalai Lama. The book explores training the human outlook that alters perception.
- The purpose of life is happiness.
- Happiness is determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s external conditions, circumstances, or events—at least once one’s basic survival needs are met.
- Happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our attitudes and outlook.
- The key to happiness is in our own hands.
[edit] Other editions
Easton Press recently published a fine-quality, leather-bound edition.
[edit] Other books by the Dalai Lama
A sequel, The Art of Happiness at Work, was published in 2003 (ISBN 1-57322-261-5), also with Howard Cutler.
