Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. One Aristotle: The Life of Engaged Activity 13
6. Two Epicurus: Happiness Is Pleasure 42
7. Three Confucian Happiness: Ritual, Humaneness, Music, and Joy 55
8. Four Daoism: Attentive Awareness and Effortless Ease of Action (Wu-Wei) 80
9. Five The Bhagavad Gītā: Non-attached Action and the Universal Spirit 117
10. Six St. Augustine: The Happy Life of the Soul 145
11. Seven Maimonides: The Joy of Learning, Prayer, and Devotion 163
12. Eight The Sufi Path of Love in ʿAṭṭār’s Conference of the Birds 186
13. Nine Mindfulness, East and West 214
14. Ten Dōgen’s Sōtō Zen and Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind 234
15. Eleven Creative Engagement and the Art of Living 249
16. Conclusion 267
17. Notes 275
18. Bibliography 345
19. Index 375