With this guide, find, and keep, true happiness by discovering and practicing Buddhism's ten virtues.<BR><BR>Discover the ten perfections--qualities of the heart and mind that cultivate happiness, wisdom, and compassion--and learn how to bring them into your life with this in-depth practice manual. <i>Life Is Spiritual Practice</i> carefully lays out the perfections, or <i>paramis</i>: the Buddha's foundational teaching for true happiness. <BR>Generosity • Ethical Integrity • Renunciation • Wisdom • Wise Effort • Patience • Truthfulness • Resolve • Loving-Kindness • Equanimity<BR> Drawing on her more than twenty years of teaching experience, Jean Smith teases out the subtleties of the perfections and offers helpful exercises, real-life examples, and instructions for an independent self-retreat for their practical application. With this book in hand, embody the ten perfections and achieve lasting happiness, regardless of your spiritual tradition.