A Monks Guide to Happiness, Gelong Thubten
A Monks Guide to Happiness, Gelong Thubten
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A Monk's Guide to Happiness
Meditation in the 21st Century

Author: Gelong Thubten

Narrator: Gelong Thubten

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2020


Synopsis

This program includes meditation exercises at the end of each chapter. These exercises are collected in full at the end of the program, where they are paced so that listeners can follow along with a guided meditation.

*Read by the author*

A Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness for the Modern Day

In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family.

In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness.

A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The audiobook can show you how to:

- Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness
- Develop greater compassion for yourself and others
- Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day
- Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness

Listening A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Essentials

About Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He was educated at Oxford University, and became an actor in London and New York. At the age of 21 he suffered from severe burnout and a life-threatening heart problem. This dramatic wake-up call led him to join Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Scotland, where he became a monk. His training over the past 25 years has included spending over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which lasted four years, and he has studied under some of the greatest Tibetan meditation masters. He is regarded as a highly influential thought-leader, teaching meditation internationally in the fields of charity, education, healthcare and business.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stuart on June 13, 2019

The moment I picked up Gelong Thubten’s A Monk’s Guide To Happiness, with its calming blue cover embossed with golden clouds representing our many thoughts, I knew I was in for captivating and alleviating read. A Monk’s Guide To Happiness is a cooling salve on the anxious and overheated minds of the......more

Goodreads review by J Craig on October 06, 2019

I've read many books about happiness, meditation and mindfulness. I've been looking for the ideal introduction book that I could recommend to others who may be interested in any/all of the above. I think this book is it - straight forward, clear and without too much "woo woo" that can put some peopl......more

Goodreads review by Vonda on May 06, 2020

Beautifully written and honestly does wonders for your soul. Once you read it you do feel content and at peace. In this day and age this book is truly comforting.......more

Goodreads review by Realini on May 14, 2021

Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness by Gelong Thubten 8 out of 10 as a personal experience, but perhaps 10 out of 10 for those who allow themselves to be inspired by the book ‘In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness…Thubten, a Buddhi......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on January 11, 2023

Gelong Thubten tells how he came to become a monk and shares what he has learned about meditation. The book is filled with short guided meditation practices to ease a learner into becoming a daily meditator.......more