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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's profound aphorisms are mind blowing and heart opening. His ability to essentialize enlightenment in the most direct and simple language is astonishing. 'What if all happiness, anywhere, is your happiness?' he asks. The only adequate response would be to awaken to the inseparability of self and others--in deepest wisdom, love and joy. --John Makransky, author of Awakening Through Love Profound Buddhist teachings on turning every step of life into the wisdom-light of happiness are distilled here in simple words for both advanced and beginning meditators. --Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Healing Power of Mind

Profound Buddhist teachings on turning every step of life into the wisdom-light of happiness are distilled here in simple words for both advanced and beginning meditators. --Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Healing Power of Mind

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's profound aphorisms are mind blowing and heart opening. His ability to essentialize enlightenment in the most direct and simple language is astonishing. 'What if all happiness, anywhere, is your happiness?' he asks. The only adequate response would be to awaken to the inseparability of self and others--in deepest wisdom, love and joy. --John Makransky, author of Awakening Through Love Profound Buddhist teachings on turning every step of life into the wisdom-light of happiness are distilled here in simple words for both advanced and beginning meditators. --Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Healing Power of Mind A wise and inspiring teacher. --Utne Reader Rinpoche presents basic but profound Buddhist precepts in an unusually accessible way. --New Age Retailer In this elegant little book of wisdom, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reveals a lexicon of sound, practical, and transforming advice. Rinpoche's words are like glittering lances that plunge deep into our hearts, cutting away delusions and letting in the light of new truth. This is a beautifully produced book that is comprehensive and representative of Rinpoche's teaching in an accessible form. With the path to happiness distilled for young and old, it would make the perfect gift for family and friends who may not have had the good fortune to meet Lama Zopa. --Mandala How to Be Happy, is like a pocket website of pithy teachings organized for easy searching. --Shambhala Sun This little treasure is perhaps the best source for us to find out what it is that will truly make us happy. How to Be Happy is equally valuable for both Buddhists and general seekers of peace and serenity. --Eastern Horizon How to Be Happy has sharp, direct observations and advice on how to find compassion for those we perceive as enemies and for dealing with negative thoughts and difficult conditions in life. The book ends with three guided meditations that are easily followed. --Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's profound aphorisms are mind blowing and heart opening. His ability to essentialize enlightenment in the most direct and simple language is astonishing. 'What if all happiness, anywhere, is your happiness?' he asks. The only adequate response would be to awaken to the inseparability of self and others--in deepest wisdom, love and joy. --John Makransky, author of Awakening Through Love Profound Buddhist teachings on turning every step of life into the wisdom-light of happiness are distilled here in simple words for both advanced and beginning meditators. --Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Healing Power of Mind In this elegant little book of wisdom, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reveals a lexicon of sound, practical, and transforming advice. Rinpoche's words are like glittering lances that plunge deep into our hearts, cutting away delusions and letting in the light of new truth. This is a beautifully produced book that is comprehensive and representative of Rinpoche's teaching in an accessible form. With the path to happiness distilled for young and old, it would make the perfect gift for family and friends who may not have had the good fortune to meet Lama Zopa. --Mandala A wise and inspiring teacher. --Utne Reader Rinpoche presents basic but profound Buddhist precepts in an unusually accessible way. --New Age Retailer This little treasure is perhaps the best source for us to find out what it is that will truly make us happy. How to Be Happy is equally valuable for both Buddhists and general seekers of peace and serenity. --Eastern Horizon How to Be Happy, is like a pocket website of pithy teachings organized for easy searching. --Shambhala Sun How to Be Happy has sharp, direct observations and advice on how to find compassion for those we perceive as enemies and for dealing with negative thoughts and difficult conditions in life. The book ends with three guided meditations that are easily followed. --Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche is the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a worldwide network of Buddhist centers, monasteries, and affiliated projects, including Wisdom Publications. Rinpoche was born in 1946 in the village of Thami in the Solo Khumbu region of Nepal near Mount Everest. His books include Transforming Problems into Happiness, How to Be Happy, and Ultimate Healing. He lives in Aptos, California. Josh Bartok is an ordained Zen teacher, pastoral counselor, and editor of Dharma books with over twenty years of experience at Wisdom Publications and hundreds of books to his credit. He has a degree in Cognitive Science from Vassar College, and in Mental Health Counseling from University of Massachusetts--Boston. He's the author of the popular Daily Wisdom series, which includes Daily Wisdom, More Daily Wisdom, Nightly Wisdom, and Daily Doses of Wisdom; and are the co-author (with Ezra Bayda) of Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts). He's also an abstract expressionist photographer, and served as the founding spiritual director of the Greater Boston Zen Center, in Cambridge, Mass. Ordained in 1987, Venerable Ailsa Cameron is a close student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and has been editing his teachings since 1984. She lives at the Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia.

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