Everyone wants to be happy and to avoid suffering. So why is it that there is such little understanding of what causes us to be happy and to suffer?
Despite decades of economic progress, scientific studies show that there has been no corresponding improvement in our happiness. Now is a time of re-evaluation. How can we improve the quality of our own lives and those of others we care for? The 2nd International Conference on Happiness & Its Causes is a forum like no other that has ever been held - the topic is important to us all, the programme is ambitious in its scope and the calibre of the speakers extraordinary.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will lead a faculty of over 50 expert speakers from Australia and overseas in an exploration of the techniques for achieving peace and happiness at this ground breaking event.
Can we learn to be happy?
Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have confirmed that the brain can be changed through experience. This raises the tantalizing prospect that throughout our lifetime we can train our mind to be happy - to enhance our ability to think positively, diminish our negative emotions and be less affected by the events going on around us.
Western psychology is quickly adapting to this challenge. Developments in cognitive therapy and the emerging field of positive psychology have made important advances in our understanding of how to enhance human happiness. This conference will explore the causes for happiness promoted by western psychology and the unique contribution of Buddhist psychology.
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