The world’s greatest spiritual leader teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard won serenity and how we can find the same inner peace. Through meditations, stories,and the meeting of Buddhism and psychology, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy or just an ordinary bad mood. He discusses relationships, health, family and work to illustrate how to ride through life’s obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations and a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with the difficulties common to all human beings.