{"product_id":"happiness-a-guide-to-developing-lifes-most-important-skill-paperback","title":"Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthieu Ricard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Goleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world. With its revelatory lessons and exercises, \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e is an eloquent and stimulating guide to a happier life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthieu Ricard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Buddhist monk, an author, translator, and photographer. He has lived, studied, and worked in the Himalayan region for over forty years. The son of French philosopher Jean-François Revel and artist Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu was born in France in 1946 and grew up among the personalities and ideas of Paris' intellectual and artistic circles. He earned a Ph.D. degree in cell genetics at the renowned Institut Pasteur under the Nobel Laureate Francois Jacob. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1967, he traveled to India to meet great spiritual masters from Tibet. After completing his doctoral thesis in 1972, he decided to concentrate on Buddhist studies and practice. Since then, he has lived in India, Bhutan, and Nepal and studied with some of the greatest teachers of that tradition. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Monk and the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, a dialogue with his father; \u003ci\u003eThe Quantum and the Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e, a dialogue with the astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan; \u003ci\u003eHappiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWhy Meditate?\u003c\/i\u003e His books have been translated into over twenty languages.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42566772752480,"sku":"9780316167253","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/cDNhVGdUL210SUU4dXVYVFpwT29YUT09.webp?v=1770605714","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/happiness-a-guide-to-developing-lifes-most-important-skill-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}