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Calculated Shard: 85 (from laksa049)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa085.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://fivebooks.com/reader-list/my-top-five-mindfulness-books-kris_duering/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://fivebooks.com/reader-list/my-top-five-mindfulness-books-kris_duering/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/my-top-five-mindfulness-books-kris_duering\/","crawl_time":1775709432,"first_indexed_time":1651512898,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,fivebooks!\/reader-list\/my-top-five-mindfulness-books-kris_duering\/ s443","src_root_hash":"6366311554737536685","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"My Top Five Mindfulness Books - Five Books Reader List","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"2\nThe Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living\nby Dalai Lama\nBuy\nNearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling happier.\n\nIf you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand.\n\nThe Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology.\n\nThrough conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. 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And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling happier. If you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. After being in print for ten years, this book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits around the world.](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/buy\/1573227544?tag=readerlists-20)\n\n[3 Buy Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff If you tend to be tough on yourself, this book offers action plans for how to deal with issues that may arise in our day-to-day lives, with a focus on being kinder to ourselves. \"We all know we're harder on ourselves than we are on others, saying things we'd never say about other people,\" Gilson says. \"In this book, you'll learn to notice and modify your self-critical thoughts, leaving you with more compassion for yourself and better able to treat yourself the way you treat your friends.\"](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/buy\/0061733520?tag=readerlists-20)\n\n[4 Buy The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress by John Teasdale, Mark Williams, Zindel Segal & Jon Kabat-Zinn If you're ready to embrace mindfulness but need a plan to get you started, this eight-week plan may be the extra kick that you need to get started. \"It will teach you to observe the relationship between your thoughts and your emotions, and make shifts in your thinking to make you less vulnerable to emotional stress,\" Gilson said. \"Broken up into an eight-week plan, the book introduces the basics of mindfulness, and walks you through practicing and reflecting on mindfulness exercises such as slow breathing and mindful self-compassion.\"](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/buy\/1462508146?tag=readerlists-20)\n\n[5 Buy How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo & Kathlyn Hendricks Mindfulness practices can also be used to help improve our relationships with others, as outlined in this book by Richo. \"Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, this book explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play an important role in our life, transitional times, and relationships,\" Coren says.](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/buy\/1611809541?tag=readerlists-20)\n\n[Make Your Own List](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-lists)\n\nRecent Reader Lists\n\n[Top Five Books on Roman History chosen by Nick Bovee-Gazett](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/top-five-books-on-roman-history-nick_bovee-gazett\/ \"Top Five Books on Roman History\")\n\n[Best books for ages 9-11, by Nadya chosen by Nadya](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/best-books-for-ages-9-11-by-nadya-nadya\/ \"Best books for ages 9-11, by Nadya\")\n\n[Top 5 Books to Lead with Purpose and Presence chosen by Daisy Reynolds](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/top-5-books-to-lead-with-purpose-and-presence-daisy_reynolds\/ \"Top 5 Books to Lead with Purpose and Presence\")\n\n[Top 5 Books to Innovate with Speed and Fuel Growth chosen by Daisy Reynolds](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/top-5-books-to-innovate-with-speed-and-fuel-growth-daisy_reynolds\/ \"Top 5 Books to Innovate with Speed and Fuel Growth\")\n\n[Top 5 Books Every Nonprofit Leader Should Read chosen by Daisy Reynolds](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/top-5-books-every-nonprofit-leader-should-read-daisy_reynolds\/ \"Top 5 Books Every Nonprofit Leader Should Read\")\n\n[Top 5 Books for Harnessing the Power of Doubt chosen by Daisy Reynolds](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/reader-list\/top-5-books-for-harnessing-the-power-of-doubt-daisy_reynolds\/ \"Top 5 Books for Harnessing the Power of Doubt\")\n\n### Popular interviews\n![Sylvia Bishop](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/images\/rNbtGCxcSlPcq95-\/plain\/fb\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-12.54.53-150x180.png)\n\n## [Sylvia Bishop on   Award-Winning Sci Fi Novels of 2025](https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/award-winning-sci-fi-novels-of-2025-sylvia-bishop\/)\nThis year's crop of sci fi award-winners encompasses sentient AI, lost species revival, and genetic mutations, with novels, graphic novels and novellas all scooping prizes. 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Boilerpipe Text	2 The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama Buy Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling happier. If you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. After being in print for ten years, this book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits around the world.
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[1 Buy Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life By Jon Kabat-Zinn & Mindful by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mark Williams, There You Are By Jon Kabat-Zinn Wherever You Go, 1401307787, 97814013 Whether you're new to mindfulness or need a refresher, this book is an excellent primer of how you can apply mindfulness to your life to help you feel more present as you go through your day. "Kabat-Zinn is well known in the modern-day mindfulness world, as he is viewed as the mindfulness guru and founder of what we know to be mindfulness today," Coren says. "His book explores the core value of concentration, and that can help any beginner along their journey."](https://fivebooks.com/buy/912397561X?tag=readerlists-20) [2 Buy The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling happier. If you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. After being in print for ten years, this book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits around the world.](https://fivebooks.com/buy/1573227544?tag=readerlists-20) [3 Buy Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff If you tend to be tough on yourself, this book offers action plans for how to deal with issues that may arise in our day-to-day lives, with a focus on being kinder to ourselves. "We all know we're harder on ourselves than we are on others, saying things we'd never say about other people," Gilson says. "In this book, you'll learn to notice and modify your self-critical thoughts, leaving you with more compassion for yourself and better able to treat yourself the way you treat your friends."](https://fivebooks.com/buy/0061733520?tag=readerlists-20) [4 Buy The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress by John Teasdale, Mark Williams, Zindel Segal & Jon Kabat-Zinn If you're ready to embrace mindfulness but need a plan to get you started, this eight-week plan may be the extra kick that you need to get started. "It will teach you to observe the relationship between your thoughts and your emotions, and make shifts in your thinking to make you less vulnerable to emotional stress," Gilson said. "Broken up into an eight-week plan, the book introduces the basics of mindfulness, and walks you through practicing and reflecting on mindfulness exercises such as slow breathing and mindful self-compassion."](https://fivebooks.com/buy/1462508146?tag=readerlists-20) [5 Buy How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo & Kathlyn Hendricks Mindfulness practices can also be used to help improve our relationships with others, as outlined in this book by Richo. 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Readable Markdown	2 ## The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama Buy Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling happier. If you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Howard Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings. After being in print for ten years, this book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits around the world.
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