... and you can learn how he does it, says academic-turned-Buddhist monk Significant points to me:
1. happiness is a "skill" to be learned.
2. brain training in the form of meditation can cause an overwhelming change in levels of happiness.
3. even novices who have done only a little meditation have increased levels of happiness.
4. life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world.
Now where are the instructions for how to meditate like that?