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Apr 2020
48m 3s

The Highest Happiness

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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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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