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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[This is a book about finding happiness. I think the best part of the book describes that you can't find happiness until you define what it is to you. Everyone defines happiness differently.<br/><br/>(P. 16) &quot;Every man wants to be happy, but in order to be so he needs first to understand what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39612379">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[i have read this book four times in three years. absolutely LOVELY]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to read this book now because Buddhism keeps popping up randomly in my life. While this book is quite interesting from an intellectual standpoint, it is a bit &quot;self-helpy&quot;, with exercises and such. As for it being a &quot;self-help&quot; title, if someone were to choose that road...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35452081">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[Matthieu Ricard had a promising career in microbiology when he chucked it all, moved to Nepal and became a monk. He therefore has a lot of moral AND scientific authority when it comes to the benefits of meditation and other Buddhist practices to daily life. I got a lot out of it. I would've given it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11133573">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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    <body><![CDATA[ดี ดี เยี่ยม เยี่ยม เริ่มจากการตั้งคำถาม แต่ที่สำคัญต้องเพียรปฏิบัติ นี่ซิยาก<br/><br/>ลงไว้ในปาจา<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How much did I like it?  I am planning to write down quotes and exercises from the book.  I may buy it.  I want to read what else he wrote.  I wonder if I can become a Buddhist Catholic nun in my old age.]]></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[Comforting, cajoling, humorous and inspiring. This is a great book to just pick up and read every once in a while. Gives you a bit to chew on and see in your life.]]></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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    <body><![CDATA[Linking positive psychology, spirituality, mindfulness practice, brain science into practical application.  Recommended!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably one of teh best books I've read on Buddhism.  Live in the moment, to live is to suffer blah blah blah.  I like it. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nicely written guide to Buddhist psychology, and to the importance of happiness as a learnable life skill.]]></body>
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