Happiness

Motivation Many people are here today from various different places, even Tibet, and you have all come for the Dharma purpose of listening to teachings. Therefore, concerning the development of a bodhichitta resolve and so forth, I shall teach here in Bodh Gaya 37 Bodhisattva...

Verses 11 through 14 Verse 11: Living Happily without Unease or Attachments How to Act When We Meet People Even When We Are Living in Seclusion Let me rid myself of hostility and uneasy mental states, and go happily everywhere. Here, Atisha is continuing the discussion...

Conversion to Buddhism We’ve been speaking about some of the various difficulties that many people have in working with Buddhism. We’ve seen that it’s very important to have a realistic attitude. In terms of this, one of the pieces of advice that His Holiness the Dalai Lama...

The true source of happiness is thinking, speaking and acting in constructive, compassionate ways.

The path to lasting happiness avoids the pitfalls of acting out of ignorance and eliminates instead the confusion causing all our suffering.

To overcome information addiction, we need to recognize the stress it causes us and, with determination to be free of it, follow a healthy strategy to better manage our digital life.

Constructive behavior builds up positive potential (merit) on our mental continuum for experiencing happiness. But what does that mean?

Life goes much more smoothly when we don't make a big deal out of the everyday ups and downs that occur.

Karma is the mental urge that drives us to act, speak or think in compulsive ways.

Introduction This weekend we are going to be talking about happiness and its role in sutra and tantra practice. There are of course many different ways to approach the topic, but what I propose to do first this evening, as a way of introduction, is to talk about where...