A presentation on cutting edge Western psychological research into \"what makes people happy?\" and the timeless knowledge of Bhagavad-gita in this area.

2. Martin Seligman , 1942 - “ Positive Psychology”

3. What makes people happy?

4. Three Types of Happiness

5. Three Types of Happiness The Pleasant Life

7. Three Types of Happiness The Pleasant Life The Engaged Life

9. Three Types of Happiness The Pleasant Life The Engaged Life The Meaningful Life

11. What makes people happy?

12. What makes people happy? The Pleasant Life The Engaged Life The Meaningful Life

13. Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. - Dale Carnegie

14. An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them. - Bhagavad-gita 5.22

15. By following their qualities of work, a person can become perfect. Now hear from me how this is done.

16. By following their qualities of work, a person can become perfect. Now hear from me how this is done. By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, a person can attain perfection through performing their own work. - Bhagavad-gita 18.45-46