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Lama Zopa Rinpoche is considered one of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers alive, and How to Be Happy represents him at his most engaging and inspiring. Here Rinpoche helps readers find their Good Heart, the heart that can easily rejoice in the happiness of others. He also gives sage advice on transforming problems into happiness and finding compassion for one's "enemies" — those people, thoughts, and situations in daily life that are troublesome and unpleasant. Ending with three powerfully evocative guided meditations, the book helps readers see that the more they give away, the more happiness they find right now. Packaged in a colorful, compact hardcover, How to Be Happy is equally valuable for both Buddhists and general seekers of peace and serenity.

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche is considered one of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers alive, and How to Be Happy represents him at his most engaging and inspiring. Here Rinpoche helps readers find their Good Heart, the heart that can easily rejoice in the happiness of others. He also gives sage advice on transforming problems into happiness and finding compassion for one's "enemies" — those people, thoughts, and situations in daily life that are troublesome and unpleasant. Ending with three powerfully evocative guided meditations, the book helps readers see that the more they give away, the more happiness they find right now. Packaged in a colorful, compact hardcover, How to Be Happy is equally valuable for both Buddhists and general seekers of peace and serenity.

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HAPPY ENDINGS ARE NOT RELIABLE. HAPPY NOWS ARE.The attainment of happiness has always been at the heart of Buddha’s teachings. The Buddha himself was known as “The Happy One.”1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy draws on the rich heritage of Buddhism for quick ideas, thoughts and teachings that will guide you to a deeper, more fulfilling happiness in your daily life. You don’t need to be a Buddhist to understand and benefit from the wisdom in this book. Open to any page and discover a new path to happiness.

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Meditations2Go CD Set 1 features two full-length, fully immersive guided audio meditations (synchronized music and narration) on a single Audio CD. Track 1: "Restoring Balance and Clarity" (26:48 minutes). This guided audio meditation helps restore your natural calm and balance, emotionally, mentally, and physically, gathering in your strength, your energy and your clarity. It's excellent as a general meditation practiced regularly to keep you centered and on track. And it's ideal for those times when heavy demands on your energy have pulled you off-center, leaving you feeling scattered, weary or simply overwhelmed.Track 2: "Releasing Emotional Tension" (27:25 minutes). Whereas all our emotions are valid, they are not ours to keep. We must let them go or we become overwhelmed by them. This meditation assists you with the natural release of emotional tension, making room in your body and energy to experience your emotions in a balanced way.Drawn from 28+ years of actual group meditation classes, Meditations2Go guided audio meditations are extremely practical, combining ancient traditional meditative techniques with new approaches and new energies aligned with our time.Editorial Reviews:"So fluid that you'll find yourself easily carried along, even if you're totally wound up and stressed. Brookler's dulcet tones pull the plug on tension better than any glass of wine or mind-numbing TV show every could. If you're ready to let go of stress and open to new possibilities, these CDs are for you." -Whole Life Times Magazine"Meditations2Go are among the best audios in the field. I highly recommend them. Every step is clear, simple and enjoyable." -New Age Reviews"Meditations2Go is a particularly well-done series. The voice and music are soothing and hypnotic, and succeed in guiding you to a very deep level of relaxation." -New Consciousness Review"4.1 out of 5 Stars." -SelfGrowth.com

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• Features TWO full-length guided audio meditations (approx. 30-minutes each) on a single CD.
• Synchronized music and narration "tuned" to transition you gently into a meditative state.
• Fully guided, easy to follow, and designed especially for today's stresses, challenges, and life lessons.
• Recover your deep inner balance, peace and strength.
• Drawn from 25+ years of actual group meditation classes.

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Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole. To do this, you need to recognize that the whole world is part of you. —from How to Be Compassionate The surest path to true happiness lies in being intimately concerned with the welfare of others. Or, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama would say, in compassion. In How to Be Compassionate, His Holiness reveals basic mistakes of attitude that lead us to inner turmoil, and how we can correct them to achieve a better tomorrow. He demonstrates precisely how opening our hearts and minds to other people is the best way to overcome the misguided ideas that are at the root of all our problems. He shows us how compassion can be a continuous wellspring of happiness in our own lives and how our newfound happiness can extend outward from us in ever wider and wider circles. As we become more compassionate human beings, our friends, family, neighbors, loved ones—and even our enemies—will find themselves less frequently in the thrall of destructive emotions like anger, jealousy, and fear, prompting them to become more warmhearted, kind, and harmonious forces within their own circles. With simple language and startling clarity, His Holiness makes evident as never before that the path to global harmony begins in the hearts of individual women and men. Enlivened by personal anecdotes and intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama’s experiences as a student, thinker, political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, How to Be Compassionate gives seekers of all faiths the keys to overcoming anger, hatred, and selfishness— the primary obstacles to happiness—and to becoming agents of positive transformation in our communities and the world at large.

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This book introduces and adapts the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance to the observation and management of eating habits. The result is a series of exercises and meditations that reinforce healthy habits and lead to greater tranquility at meals.The book describes the four foundations of mindful eating: mindfulness of the mind, the body, the feelings, and the thoughts. It doesn't encourage a diet of deprivation, but instead provides a checklist for the wide variety of mindless eating approaches, which include fasting, dieting, and restricting certain foods, rapid eating, eating when not hungry or when tired, and food rituals.

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The greatest achievements in human history have been attained by those individuals who strive to elevate themselves above the everyday ebb and flow of life. This yearning to achieve is central to our search for happiness. We want to laugh, to sing, and to feel good at the end of the day as much as we might wish to do anything else. Happiness is an art. If you wish to practice this art, you must first decide that it is something that you want, above everything else. People that choose to be happy will at some point wake up to a day filled with smiles, joy, and laughter. If they are lucky, they will remember that day, focus on its high points, and strive to repeat it. Before too long, another happy day will appear, seemingly out of the blue. People around them will wonder why they seem to be so different. The reason will not be found in surface changes. The Nine Insights For a Happy and Successful Life emerged from my own life long desire to help thousands of people find happiness. Happiness is a gift that we bestow upon ourselves each time that we embrace the joy that breathes within. This book outlines two main themes that will guide you on the road to happiness. The first explores methods that will help you discover the secret inner joy that already hides within you. The second explores powerful and effective methods that will help you remove the chaos and obstacles that prevent you from feeling and expressing that joy in your daily life.Success and happiness travel together on the road to joy. Let us discover your inner path together.Mitchell Earl Gibson MD

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A molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, described by scientists as "the happiest man alive," demonstrates how to develop the inner conditions for true happiness.

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In The Meaning of Life the Dalai Lama presents the basic worldview of Buddhism while answering some of life's most profound and challenging questions: Why are we in this situation? Where are we going? How should we live our lives? Do our lives have any meaning? Basing his explanation on the twelve links of dependent-arising as depicted in the Buddhist image of the Wheel of Life, His Holiness vividly describes how human beings become trapped in a counterproductive prison of selfishness and suffering, and shows how to reverse the process, changing the limiting prison into a source of help and happiness for others. Suffused with the Dalai Lama's intelligence, wit, and kindness, these teachings address such issues as how to deal with aggression from within and without; how to reconcile personal responsibility with the doctrine of selflessness; how to face a terminal illness; how to help someone who is dying; how to reconcile love for family with love for all beings; and how to integrate this practice into everyday life.

The Dalai Lama never shies away from the big questions. The Meaning of Life is a collection of lectures given in London in 1984 on the Buddhist worldview, before he had won the Nobel Peace Prize or become a bestselling author in English. Still, his message is essentially the same: practice nonviolence, cultivate altruism, and transform consciousness. In these lectures, the Dalai Lama begins with a painting of the wheel of cyclic existence, depicting the levels of karmic existence and symbols of the 12 links of dependent-arising. In other words, this painting, presented in seven color plates, is a visual summation of the basic tenets of Buddhism. The Dalai Lama draws on the painting to explain the 12 links of dependent-arising and then the path that leads to liberation from them. A nuts and bolts book, readers will enjoy it for its detail and for the broad range of questions elicited in listeners. --Brian Bruya

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This book reveals the origin of self-hate, how self-hate works, how to identify it, and how to go beyond it. It provides examples of some of the forms self-hate takes, including taking blame but not credit, holding grudges, and trying to be perfect, and explores the many facets of self-hate, including its role in addiction, the battering cycle, and the illusion of control. After addressing these factors, it illustrates how a meditation practice can be developed and practiced in efforts to free oneself from self-hating beliefs.