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Apr 2020
48m 3s

The Highest Happiness

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
About this episode
What is the "highest happiness," and what can we do to achieve it?  This is the second conversation with Dr. Hanson related to his new book Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness. Today we're focusing on the final four practices in the book: wholeness, nowness, allness, and timelessness.  Neurodharma is now ava ... Show More
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