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Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho

Summary: One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how readers can attain the same inner peace.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3444 BST

Dalai Lama XIV

Summary: Dr. Howard Cutler walks readers through the Dalai Lama's philosphy on how to achieve peace of mind and come to terms with life's inherent suffering. Together the two examine the roots of many of the problems facing the world and show us how we can approach these calamities in a way that alleviates suffering and helps us along in our personal quests to be happy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009

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Ricard, Matthieu.

Summary: In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at 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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2007

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Emet, Joseph

Summary: Positive psychology's primary focus is on what makes people happy. Emet believes that this field of inquiry can find its roots in the age-old wisdom of Buddhism. He shows readers how to replace negative thinking with positive thinking, in order to fulfill the duty we have to others to live a happy life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, LLC 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 294.3 EME

Turner, Tina

Summary: The iconic performing artist provides spiritual tools and advice for self-empowerment and fulfillment while examining the role of her enduring Buddhist faith in helping her overcome poverty, loss, and other personal and professional obstacles.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 TUR

Jigme Wangdrak

4 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "What makes you happy? What causes you to suffer? This book from an insightful new voice in Tibetan Buddhism offers practical wisdom and radical practices to embrace suffering--an inevitable part of human life--and find freedom, or happiness. Jigme Wangdrak is a contemporary teacher born and trained in eastern Tibet and based in California who is the unique holder of the Dudjom Lingpa lineage,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2024

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