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Discover the Secrets to Happiness and Well-Being

The excitement you feel after hearing good news or achieving a goal is fleeting, but true happiness-that is, the warm feeling of deep contentment and joy-is lasting, and it can be yours in every moment. The Buddha''s Way of Happiness is a guide to putting aside your anxieties about the future, regrets about the past, and constant longing to change your life for the better, and awakening to the joy of living.

With this book as your guide, you''ll identify the barriers to happiness you create in your own life and use the eightfold path of Buddhist psychology to improve your ability to appreciate the small, joyful moments that happen every day. These exercises, meditations, and concrete approaches to practicing happiness and well-being are drawn from mindfulness, "no self," and other ancient Buddhist insights, many of which have been proven effective by today''s psychologists and researchers. With the knowledge that happiness is a habit you can adopt like any other, take the first step down this deeply fulfilling path on your life''s journey.

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Publié par	New Harbinger Publications
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781572248700
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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“A wonderful blend of purpose, parable, and practice conveying te essential Buddist insigt tat appiness and contentment are muc closer tan we tink.” —Zindel V. Segal, P.D, coautor ofhe Mindful Way hroug Depression

“In a deligtfully unpretentious fasion, homas Bien provides a sopisticated introduction to Buddist pilosopy and practice. hat e can pull tat feat o in a book tat contains a section called ‘Wy Your Dog Is Happier han You Are’ is bot a testimony to is skill as a writer and to is contagiously easy relationsip wit tese ancient teacings. I eartily recommend savoring tese pages!” —Steven Forrest, autor ofhe Inner Skyand Yesterday’s Sky

“Brilliant, captivating, and insigtful,he Budda’s Way of Happinesswill elp all of us move toward greater degrees of joy, ease, and freedom. Bien’s clinical wisdom, scientiﬁc rigor, and deep compassion are felt in eac page of te book. hese ideas and practices ave te power to transform our individual and collective lives.” —Sauna L. Sapiro, P.D., associate professor at Santa Clara University and coautor ofhe Art and Science of Mindfulness

“his wonderful volume skillfully blends common sense and uncommon wisdom to lead readers toward wat we all really want: appiness and contentment. Wit te care of a psycoterapist, te knowledge of a researcer, and te insigt of one wo as walked te walk, Bien sows us tat appiness is found closer to ome tan we believed, and points out ow we get tere.” —Paul R. Fulton, Ed.D., director of mental ealt for Tufts Healt Plan and president emeritus of te Institute for Meditation and Psycoterapy

“Reading tese pages, you will understand te meaning and experience te wisdom of te ancient Eastern tradition. Wit warmt and compassion, Bien draws a wonderful road map to appiness. I igly recommend tis book to anyone dealing wit any form of suering, but also to womever wants to ﬁnd a patway leading to well-being and wises to discover te magic and te ealing power of being deeply present.” —Fabrizio Didonna, Psy.D., clinical psycologist and editor ofhe Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness “In Western psyce and psycology, te pursuit of appiness is often assumed to involve doing, taking control, striving, and acquiring. Inhe Budda’s Way of Happiness, Bien invites us to stroll a very dierent pat, an ancient Eastern way toward inner peace and contentment. Watever one’s own religion, tere is deep wisdom ere to read, ponder, and practice.” —William R. Miller, P.D., Emeritus Distinguised Professor of Psycology and Psyciatry at te University of New Mexico

“It is a radical notion to tink tat appiness migt be found muc closer tan we tink, or tat it is not located in te places we usually look for it. In is new book, Bien invites us to consider exactly tis possibility as e draws on te teacings of te Budda, everyday examples, and te ricness of diverse fait and spiritual traditions. Bien explores an expanded perspective on uman appiness rooted in ancient wisdom, yet extraordinarily relevant to our time. Weter you consider yourself a Buddist or not, tere is muc of value ere. I recommend you see for yourself. If you do, you just migt come away feeling appier!” —Jerey Brantley, MD, autor ofFive Good Minutes

“Accessible and graceful, tis book unfolds wit a clarity tat rises from a dept of practice and extends a kind invitation to oters to explore te trut of tese teacings for temselves. he Budda’s insigts penetrate into daily life applications wit pilosopical understanding, meditation practices, and stories tat encourage investigation and engagement wit one’s moment-to-moment experience of living.” —Florence Meleo-Meyer, MS, MA, director of Oasis Professional Training and Education and senior teacer of te stress reduction program at te University of Massacusetts Medical Scool

“In tis wise, readable book, Bien reveals te essence of ancient Buddist psycology—te psycology of appiness—for modern readers. hen e oers practical strategies for uncovering te appiness we already possess. Recommended for anyone wo seeks freedom from suering at te deepest level.” —Cristoper K. Germer, P.D., clinical instructor at Harvard Medical Scool and autor ofhe Mindful Pat to Self-Compassion

“An intelligent and compassionate wellspring of darma teacings tat sows us ow we can rely on our own inner wisdom to ﬁnd tat appiness is already present witin us, ere and now. hroug inspiring stories and practical instruction, tis remarkable book teaces us te art of mindfulness and self-care. Wen we are mindful in our everyday lives, appiness follows.” —Steven Hick, PD, meditation teacer and professor in social work at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario

“Bien reminds us of te liberating trut we most regularly forget: te source of our appiness and freedom is witin us, already ere in tis moment. his book is a clear and wise guide on te pat of spiritual awakening. —Tara Brac, autor ofRadical Acceptance

“Inhe Budda’s Way of Happiness,Bien gives readers an unusually clear, accessible, and engaging introduction to te profoundly useful teacings of te Budda. Blending ancient insigts wit tose of a modern psycologist, e sows us ow our everyday abits of mind create needless suering, and ow te Budda’s teacings can free us from tese abits to elp us ﬁnd genuine appiness today. his deligtful, wise, and compassionate book is full of practical exercises, tips, and easy-to-follow suggestions tat anyone can use to live a ricer, more awakened life.” —Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, assistant clinical professor of psycology at Harvard Medical Scool and autor ofhe Mindfulness Solution

he Budda’s Way of Happiness healing sorrow, transforming negative emotion &finding well-being in the present moment

Tomas Bien, P.D.

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publiser’s Note his publication is designed to provide accurate and autoritative information in regard to te subject matter covered. It is sold wit te understanding tat te publiser is not engaged in rendering psycological, ﬁnancial, legal, or oter professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, te services of a competent professional sould be sougt.

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Cover design by Amy Soup Text design by Micele Waters-Kermes Acquired by Catarine Sutker Edited by Nelda Street

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bien, homas. he Budda’s Way of Happiness : Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion, and Finding Well-Being in te Present Moment / homas Bien, P.D. ; Foreword by Lama Surya Das. pages cm Includes bibliograpical references. ISBN 978-1-57224-869-4 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-57224-870-0 (pdf ebook) 1. Buddism--Psycology. 2. Emotions--Religious aspects--Buddism. 3. Happiness--Religious aspects--Buddism. I. Title. BQ4570.P76B53 2011 294.3’444--dc22 2010043969

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For Edker Mattews and Susan Hopkins, two of te appiest people I know.

Don’t look outside yourself for appiness. Let go of te idea tat you don’t ave it. It is available witin you. —hic Nat Han,he Heart of te Budda’s Teacing