Transforming Problems into Happiness

I read this book once a year at my birthday and have given away a dozen copies to friends and enemies...try it for a more satisfying existence!

This book has a wealth of advice around transforming negative situations into happiness and in practicing the good heart. Just reading it over the past few days has transformed my days wonderfully. The advice is radical and perhaps jarring for those new to Mahayana Buddhism, but it is something that rings truer as time goes on.

I'm so happy after reading this book that I gave away all my belongings and moved to Tibet

The beauty of this book lies in the profoundness of the teachings which the author has so simply and succinctly put across to the reader. The repetitiveness of the teachings throughout the book serve to reinforce the reader's understanding of the basic principles to transform problems to happiness. Overall, this is an excellent book that is both powerful and impactful in its message to the reader. You won't regret having bought and read this humble book.

AS A TEACHER, THIS IS A 'REQUIRED READING' WHEN I AM ABLE TOWEAVE THE TOPIC OF 'HAPPINESS' INTO ANY COURSE ! THE FOREWARD BY HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA SHARES IMPORTANT FOCUS ON TOPIC OF HAPPINESS. IT IS TRUE THAT EVERYONE WHO DOES READ THIS BOOK AS A 'REQUIRED READING' ... ADMITS TO READING THIS MAGNIFICENT SIMPLIED 'WAY' MANY MORE TIMES,BY CHOICE, AND, I AM TOLD REFER TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY... WHICH I DO ALSO... WHAT WASESPECIALLY VALUED WAS THE 'GLOSSARY' OF TERMS WHICH ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK; ALONG WITH, THE SUGGESTED FURTHER READINGS ONE COULD EXPLORE. STILL STUDYING THE 'COURSE IN MIRACLES' ~ JOEL GOLDSMITH AND WALTER STARCKE WISDOMS, THIS INSPIRING BOOK ELEVATED MY ABILITY TO WELCOME ...'WHAT IS'... AND NEVER LABEL ANYTHING! HAPPINESS IS THE WAY... AS DR. WAYNE DYER TEACHES (ANOTHER FAVORITE AUTHOR). PLEASE DON'T MISS ADDING THIS TO 'YOUR WAY' ~ WITH PEACE IN EVERY STEP FORWARD ~ THIS IS MY FIRST RATING BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LETTING YOU KNOW!

excellent book on positivity.

Problems enable you to increase your good karma.They become the cause of happiness.All of your happiness and all of your suffering are created by you,by your own mind.Anxiety or irritation never makes your problems go away,so we must see them as positive ways to grow spiritually.

This is an inspiring and thought-provoking Book.I will continue to refer to it because it can really change the way I think. It is clear and hopeful and helpful. How are use this book is a resource to help me in my life.

Having extreme anxiety for thirty five years i went to doctors & was prescibed citalopram i started too see a counselor i bought this book it has been better than counsiling i am now on the path to happiness

This book presents an interesting viewpoint. It is not directly about solving problems, but about transforming our approach to the world. If you are interested in Zen and philosophy, it is a worthwhile read.

and it will change (?) ones thinking : to think of others and not ourself FIRST. :-)I found the anger chapter most beneficial.

This is a very accessible and interesting teaching.

Problems are in everybody's life, we will always face problems, with our health, or work, or relationship, or anything else.The solution? Change the way you look at problems; it is actually our mind which labels them "problems" and this is when they start being "problems".If we can shift our perception, and change the way we look at these things, problems won't be problems anymore, we can actually turn them into even something useful for our evolution.The book is packed with very pratcital pieces of advice on how to achieve this mind training.