Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives.

Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, Western philosophy, Buddhist beliefs, scientific research, and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world. With its revelatory lessons and exercises, Happiness is an eloquent and stimulating guide to a happier life.

• Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
• Why Meditate: Working with Thoughts and Emotions
• Art of Meditation
• Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition
• In Search of Wisdom: A Monk, a Philosopher, and a Psychiatrist on What Matters Most
• The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
• The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
• The Art of Loving
• The Handbook (The Encheiridion) (Hackett Classics)
• The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind