num_pages: 160
description: Happiness is available to all of usright here right now. All thats required is that we learn to let go of our expectation that life should go according the agenda we have in mind. Zen teacher Ezra Bayda provides the teachings and practices we need to learn to let go into true happinessthe kind that goes far deeper than the kind thats about getting what we think we want. Most of our unhappiness he explains is the result of seeking satisfaction in things external to us: new jobs better relationships luxury vacations. By liberating ourselves from expectations about these outward things and looking inward instead we can find a deeper and unshakable kind of satisfaction that not only makes things a lot more pleasant for us but that generates in us generosity and compassion toward others. Beyond Happiness includes simple meditation and mindfulness practices you can use to access true happiness including basic sitting meditation gratitude practice loving-kindness practice and the Three Questions practice in which we ask ourselves: Am I happy now? What blocks happiness? and Can I surrender to what is? 
language: English
title: Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment
publisher: Shambhala