copyright 1998; by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.; Riverhead Books publishers, New York; hardbound in mustard boards with gilt lettering and decor on cover and spine; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
The Art of Happiness (Riverhead, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-111-2) is a book by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist who posed questions to the Dalai Lama. Cutler quotes the Dalai Lama at length, providing context and describing some details of the settings in which the interviews took place, as well as adding his own reflections on issues raised.
 
The book explores training the human outlook that alters perception. The concepts that the purpose of life is happiness, that happiness is determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s external conditions, circumstances, or events—at least once one’s basic survival needs are met and that happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds.