Introduction: So You Want to Be Happy
Part I. Foundations for Happiness
1. Suffering as the Beginning of Happiness
Practice and Reflection: Aging
2. Impermanence and the Self: The Beginning of Suffering
Practice and Reflection: Impermanence
3. Karma: Creating Suffering or Happiness
Practice and Reflection: Karma
4. Cultivating Mindfulness
Practice and Reflection: The Hindrances
Part II. Life Practice: Our Personal Ideals
5. An Introduction to the Perfections
Practice and Reflection: The Perfections
6. Generosity
Practice and Reflection: Generosity
7. Ethical Integrity
Practice and Reflection: Ethical Integrity
8. Renunciation
Practice and Reflection: The Senses
9. Wisdom
Practice and Reflection: Wisdom
10. Wise Effort
Practice and Reflection: Energy
11. Patience
Practice and Reflection: Patience
12. Truthfulness
Practice and Reflection: Truthfulness
13. Resolve
Practice and Reflection: Resolve
14. Loving-Kindness
Practice and Reflection: Loving-Kindness
15. Equanimity
Practice and Reflection: Equanimity
Appendix: A Self-Retreat on Metta and the Perfections
Suggested Reading
Index
About the Author