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Written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (real name Tenpin Gatos or Tenzin Gyatso) & Howard C. Cutler - Audio book narrated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler with Ernest Abuba - Abridged Nonfiction - COMPACT DISCS - 3 hours

Publisher, Simon & Schuster Audioworks (April 2000)

Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and an increasingly popular speaker and statesman. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that "the very motion of our life is towards happiness." How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace.

Includes sections on:
The Purpose of Life
The Right to Happiness
The Sources of Happiness
Training the Mind for Happiness
Reclaiming Our Innate State of Happiness
Human Warmth and Compassion
A New Model for Intimacy
Deepening Our Connection to Others
The Value and Benefits of Compassion
Transforming Suffering
Facing Suffering
Self-Created Suffering
Shifting Perspective
Finding Meaning in Pain and Suffering
Overcoming Obstacles
Bringing About Change
Dealing with Anger and Hatred
Dealing with Anxiety and Building Self-Esteem
Closing Reflections on Living a Spiritual Life
Basic Spiritual Values