01573cam a22002414a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000150008804000180010304100130012104200080013408200180014210000310016024000330019124501260022426000380035030000230038852008850041165000200129665000150131612231366OSt20150915142237.0001115s2001    nyu           000 0 eng    a   00066319   a1930051182  aDLCcDLCdDLC1 aenghjpn  apcc00aCir.291.4/Ok11 aŌkawa, Ryūhō,d1956-10aKōfuku no genten.lEnglish14aThe starting point of happiness :ba practical and intuitive guide to discovering love, wisdom, and faith /cRyuho Okawa.  aNew York :bLantern Books,c2001.  ax, 92 p. ;c22 cm.  aAs human beings, we enter this world with nothing and leave with nothing. Between our birth and death, our life presents us with manifold opportunities and great challenges. According to best-selling author and spiritual teacher, Ryuho Okawa, we can either be attached to acquiring possessions and material goods, or we can seek the true path of happiness paved by a love that gives rather than receives, that welcomes light rather than darkness and which emulates the lives and qualities of great people who have lived with integrity, wisdom, and courage.

In The Starting Point of Happiness, Okawa beautifully illustrates how we can attain happiness and live a purposeful life. He counsels spiritual seekers to be strong when difficulties occur, to respect and love others, and to be in tune with the will of the universe. By doing this, we are walking on the path of happiness. 0aSpiritual life. 0aHappiness.