tamarayork 's review for:

The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV

2.0

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DNF. I have owned this book since I was 19. For 20 years, I have shlepped it from house to house, organized it on my shelves, and planned to read it “sometime soon”. I finally picked it up and I was so disappointed. Despite being touted as written by the Dalai Lama, it is actually written by a Western psychologist who interviewed the Dalai Lama. The author has a writing style that teeters between obnoxious and overly clinical, and he always misses the point of the Dalai Lama’s words of wisdom. He asks the Dalai Lama the same questions over and over, expecting a cure-all answer to happiness. He’s a twit. I would love to read a book actually written by the Dalai Lama, or at least by a person who understands and respects Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has wonderful things to say and we can all learn from him...just not through this guy.