Listen free for 30 days
-
Happiness
- A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Happiness
Buy Now for £22.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Editor reviews
Summary
Never has happiness as an emotional and physical state of being been so widely discussed. Matthieu Ricard is one of the most compelling voices on the subject, and one of the few who can bring together the teachings of eastern and western thought. In this accessible new work, Ricard provides a straightforward assessment of how to create true and lasting happiness. He addresses the pursuit of a meaningful life at its most fundamental level - the strengthening of the inner conditions that lead to genuine happiness. Ricard helps readers form new patterns of interaction with themselves and with the larger world, working toward happiness step by step, starting with 20 minutes of daily mind training and meditation.
More from the same
What listeners say about Happiness
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kim G.
- 15-01-16
Biased
Inspiring book. Great narrator. Definitively worth listening to. However, stay away from it if you meditation doesn't work for you. This books only answer to developing happiness is meditation.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- n
- 01-02-17
brilliant loved it
Brill loved it from start to finish narrator had great voice was interested all tbrough
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- lexxie
- 13-12-15
Excellent
Such a calming audiobook. One that I intent to return to over and over again.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Jon
- 03-02-16
Kind of useless
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
While the book as good in general I find some of the advise useless in todays age for most 'normal' people.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- sean cafferkey
- 22-07-21
This certainly didn't make me happy.
I found it boring and extremely difficult to engage with and become interested. Very dissatisfied.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
- Molly
- 07-05-20
inspirational messages
You can keep dipping into this book reading and always be comforted by it's content and the optimism it delivers.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- david joshua
- 26-02-20
This book changed my life forever 🙏
I bought and read this perhaps six years ago. I’ve reread it twice since then. It started me on a long, hard, painful path to putting right what needed to done, and finding and following my own path to contentment. A lot of books in this genre could just as easily be replaced with a pdf on how to meditate. Not this one. It’s special. A wonderful message, narration and articulation of what we should spend most of our focus on: how to get the most meaning out of life - and in the process, perhaps reduce the suffering around us and enhance our own happiness.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Nicki
- 19-01-10
Life Changing
Matthieu Ricard has structured an absolute foundation that will enable the listener or reader to look into the deepest levels of their spirit. He disassembles the barriers that so many people believe are common place for daily existence. I found the book to be "sacred" in the truest sense--my audio experience led to a hardback copy that is soiled by constant use as a daily guide to unfetter the emotional and illogical chains that defer and deteriorate genuine existence.
"Happiness" is the most meaningful book I have ever read. Do not embark on its pages if you are not willing to look at your life and the world around you through a totally different lens. Likewise, if you are willing to delve into a spiritual process that frames change, life, and literally each breath you take into an experience of profound meaning, then listen to this book. It is a wellspring that you will return to on a daily basis.
25 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Oskar's Mom
- 04-12-08
Disappointed
I found it really boring and never listened to the second in the series.
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Deborah
- 25-07-10
Unhappy
He spent the first 35 minutes telling how privledged he had been and how wonderful he was. It made me feel unhappy. Hard to listen to his message after that.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- William
- 18-07-10
Happiness
It's truly been a God-send to me. When I get out of focus with my thinking, it brings me back. I go to it all the time.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Shahrad Milanfar
- 21-09-10
Fantastic
This is a fantastic book. The content and message are direct and easy to digest. Humphrey Bower should narrate every book. It really is true that, with audio books, the narrator makes or breaks the experience. I highly recommend this audio book.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Paul Gibson
- 31-07-10
not impressed
a little to self rightous, kind of like audible's "15 word minimum" for writing a view. my opinion is summed up in the first 5 word..
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Liviu
- 05-01-11
More science than you think, it makes you think
It's a book that makes you think, it had an impact on me and often think about what I've read in it. I was afraid it was going to go into religion, Matthieu Ricard being a Buddhist monk, after all, but it keeps as far away as he can from doing that. It's a great read for anybody interested in happiness.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Glenn
- 02-10-11
Excellent audio on happiness
One of the top books I have listened to on happiness. He defines what happiness is from the Buddhist perspective while taking into account western thought. This definition includes what happiness is not. Many of his arguments are supported by everyday observations that you can relate to. He views happiness as a skill and includes actions one can try during and summarized at the end of the audio. This will be an audio I listen to again.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Lyle
- 22-11-11
How we see our dream
A good way to accomplish our most universal goal, and enjoy the journey of life.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 09-07-11
an interesting read
This was an interesting book and quite informative. Unfortunately it wasn't quite what I expected.