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    <body><![CDATA[Ricard strongly emphasizes that diligent practice is the key to happiness, that we confuse pleasure and desire with happiness, and that true happiness is constant and maintained from within, not reliant on external circumstances.  Also emphasized are that the positive emotions need to be cultivated ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68664634">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this one! If you have ever been interested in starting meditation or just want a better outlook on what happiness really is, I was very inspired by Ricard's writing. I was expecting &quot;another self-help book&quot; ho hum... but I found myself reading it every morning with the f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71435930">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Matthieu Ricard's spiritual journey to Buddhism and living in Nepal but also a scientific reflection on the benefits of meditation and a discussion of happiness.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I did find this book quite inspiring.  It gave me a little extra oomph to my desire to become simpler and less ego-driven.  <br/><br/>Also found some useful (if a little trite) insight into optimism vs. pessimism, at least a way of seeing how the latter can be coun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14367984">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Utilizing Buddhist practices for cognitive change.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This might become my &quot;bible.&quot;<br/><br/>I intend to buy myself a copy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  Written by a scientist-turned-Buddhist monk, this book did a good job of making the case that your unhappiness lies not in your circumstances, but your perception of them.  Integrates some &quot;Grasshoppa&quot; type aphorisms, but overall the spirituality of the book was very palatable and I feel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23106168">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a westerner's explanation of the buddhist's view of life (but the author lived as a monk for years in Tibet so he knows what he's talking about!) and how we can apply it's principles to our daily mental constructions. Helped me a lot not only to understand buddhism but to find relative inner peace.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[What is the one thing everyone wants? Happiness. But where do  we find it? For the past number of years, French Buddhist monk and former  cell biologist Matthieu Ricard has been working with scientists and  Buddhist meditators to find out. &quot;Happiness is not something you seek, but  rather it is a skill you develop.&quot; On Happiness: A Guide to Developing  Life's Most Important Skill, he merges the newest scientific research with  traditional Buddhist teachings and contemporary Western philosophy to show  us how unexpectedly attainable happiness is. Here, listeners join Ricard on  audio to learn more about: * How to use mind training to cultivate sukha--a blissful state of being  that arises when we release ourselves from mental blindness and afflictive  emotions * Ethics: how this perennial field of philosophy sheds light on the  &quot;science of happiness&quot; * Guided imagery to relieve pain--both emotional and physical * How to transcend the ego and time to enter &quot;the state of flow&quot; * Exercises to exchange suffering for happiness not only for ourselves, but  for all of the world and more. When first published in France, Matthieu Ricard's Happiness sold over  80,000 copies in the first month of its release. This may be just the first  glimmer of interest, as evidence grows of the profound and measurable  effects of inner well-being on our bodies and minds, and as we continue to  reach for the state of being that transcends all circumstances and  emotions--happiness.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[ดี ดี เยี่ยม เยี่ยม เริ่มจากการตั้งคำถาม แต่ที่สำคัญต้องเพียรปฏิบัติ นี่ซิยาก<br/><br/>ลงไว้ในปาจา<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have put this book aside for the meantime.<br/><br/>It's good to remind yourself that happiness has very little to do with what society says it does, however, the author keeps patting himself on the back for being so awesome(at least so far).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great book. Really clear explanation of Buddhist ideas, in a way that a westerner can get into.<br/><br/>Now, I read the book. Time to try to put it into practice ... aha ...<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Happiness is a mental state that can be achieved regardless of your plight in life. This is a great book that I plan on rereading. ]]></body>
    
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