THE ART OF HAPPINESS

Talk by Venerable Geshe Lhakdor

Dates: Friday 24 July 2009
       7.30pm to 9.30pm
       Saturday 25 July 2009
       2.00pm to 5.00pm

Venue: The Buddhist Library
No.2, Lorong 24A Geylang,
Singapore 398 526

Organiser: Tara Buddhist Centre

Venue Sponsor: The Buddhist Library

Admission: Free (All are Welcome)

Patron of Tara Buddhist Centre: His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama




Content:

There are many facets to leading a happy life. It begins by
understanding the true and legitimate sources of happiness.

The Art of Happiness is based on a few basic premises:

1. The purpose of life is happiness;

2. Once a person’s basic needs are met, happiness is
determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s
external conditions, circumstances or events;

3. Happiness can be achieved through the systematic
training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our
attitudes and outlook.

4. The key to happiness is in our own hands.
Drawing upon 2500 years of Buddhist wisdom and the latest
findings of modern science, this remarkable perspective offers a
practical approach to human happiness—a rational approach that
can be practised by individuals from any background, tradition or
religion.





BIOGRAPHY:

Venerable Geshe Lhakdor is the Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and
Archives in Dharamsala, India. A distinguished Buddhist scholar, he was the
English translator for His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, from 1989 to 2005. He has
co-translated and co-produced the following books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama:

1. The Way to Freedom
2. The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace
3. Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart
4. Stages of Meditation
5. His Holiness’ commentary on Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom (Tibetan).
6. Kindness, Clarity and Insight (Tibetan).

From 1976 to 1986, Venerable Geshe Lhakdor studied specialised Buddhist
philosophy in the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala and received the
Master of Prajnaparamita in 1982.

He also received the Master of Madhyamika in 1989 and the Master of
Philosophy (MPhil) from the University of Delhi.

Since 2002, Venerable Geshe Lhakdor has been an Honorary Professor in the
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

In 2008, he was also conferred
Honorary Professorship by the University of Delhi, Department of Psychology.