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Many literature have been posted in recent years on contentment. Ezra Bayda, an amazingly down-to-earth Zen teacher, thinks that the contentment "increase" has been generally a bust for listeners. Why? Because it's precisely the pursuit of contentment that will keep us stuck in cycles of dissatisfaction and hurting. In Beyond Pleasure, Bayda draws on Zen teachings to question our standard notions in what contentment is and where we will get it. Most of us seek contentment in things that are external to us. We suppose getting more money, an improved relationship, or happening a nice holiday will finally make us happy. But Bayda shows us that the deepest and most enduring form of contentment does not count on external circumstance at all. Bayda offers Zen insights and procedures that time listeners toward the true sources of enduring contentment: mindfulness, compassion, gratitude, and generosity.
