Overview
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. Purpose Of Life: Right To Happiness -- Sources Of Happiness -- Training The Mind For Happiness -- Reclaiming Our Innate State Of Happiness -- Human Warmth And Compassion: New Model For Intimacy -- Deepening Our Connection To Others -- Value And Benefits Of Compassion -- Transforming Suffering: Facing Suffering -- Self-created Suffering -- Shifting Perspective -- Finding Meaning In Pain And Suffering -- Overcoming Obstacles: Bringing About Change -- Dealing With Anger And Hatred -- Dealing With Anxiety And Building Self-esteem -- Closing Reflections On Living A Spiritual Life: Basic Spiritual Values. The Dalai Lama And Howard C. Cutler. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 321-322).