Guest Thinkers — August 15, 2009

Science and Art of Happiness

In this article concepts of greed, desire and sustainability are explored. It is shown that by sublimating our greed impulses and desires into higher good and by living a simple life we all can live happily and sustainably.

Anil Rajvanshi

The article discusses how to achieve happiness and is being posted for discussion and debate.

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