[Buddha-l] a course in happiness

[Michael LaTorra]

Gary Gach wrote:
> Interesting that Seligman's class on happiness is most-popular of all at
> Harvard continuing studies, I believe;
> I'm not aware of him relying on any teachings of the Buddha, per se ? but
> this Buddhist component of the
> happiness meme warrants a deeper look, at least by
>

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt refers to the Buddha many times in his book
"The Happiness Hypothesis" which I highly recommend, as do most reviewers
on Amazon.com.

Here's his university web page:
http://people.virginia.edu/~jdh6n/

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Regards,
Michael LaTorra
College Assistant Professor
Department of English

New Mexico State University
MSC 3E, PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003

mlatorra at nmsu.edu