Phillippe Goldin is speaking at the Happiness Conference!!
Christine Carter is speaking at the Happiness Conference!
Ross Mirkarimi is speaking at the Happiness Conference!
Ven. Robina is speaking at the conference (and organizing it!).
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Happiness knows that the measure of our success is how happy we are. Posted at 6:03 PM Sep 21, 2008 view more
About me: After hugely successful annual conferences internationally since 2006, we are honored to launch the first North American Happiness & Its Causes conference, in San Francisco this year.
What is happiness? Is it possible? What holds us back from it? How to find happiness in the midst of suffering and sadness? How to forgive? How to bring happiness to others?
Over four days—the two-day conference and two days of pre- and post-conference workshops—40 of the best minds in psychology, philosophy, science, education, business, the arts, medicine, and politics will provide answers to these fundamental questions and explore techniques for achieving happiness and well-being, for ourselves and others.
Ven. Robina is overseeing the organization of the first California Happiness & Its Causes conference (happinessanditscausessf.com) November 24 and 25 in San Francisco.
"I'm having so much fun!" she said.
Liberation Prison Project and FPMT center Tse Chen Ling were given the franchise to run the conference, which Tony Steele, director of Sydney FPMT center Vajrayana Institute, began in 2006.
"It's going so well," Ven. Robina said. "We have 40 speakers lined up who will talk from various perspectives about the happiness and well-being of human beings - psychologists, philosophers, scientists, people from the world of arts, athletes."
If successful, the conferences will be an excellent fundraiser for both the prison project and Tse Chen Ling.
"We hope to do them annually," Ven, Robina said.
Last year 3,500 people attended the Sydney conference, which featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a special guest speaker. Ven. Robina was one of the keynote speakers
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If you are quick to take offence, then you'll be under the control of those who you find offensive. If you are easily angered, then your actions will be dictated by those who anger you. If you are obsessed by what other people think, then you will be imprisoned by their thoughts. If you yearn for easy answers and quick solutions, you'll fall prey to people who offer you nothing but promises. If you find the truth too difficult to bear, you'll be enslaved to those who tell you what you want to hear. When you have the courage to think for yourself, the strength to accept what is, the commitment and discipline to make a difference, then you are free. You are truly free to live with purpose, joy and fulfillment. Let your life be defined, not by reactions to what others do, say, or think but rather your own unique vision. Raise your eyes above the pettiness and follow the path of greatness that is within you.
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