Happiness

Introduction His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks of Buddhism as having three aspects: Buddhist psychology and science – how the mind works, as well as cosmology Buddhist philosophy – a highly developed system of logic, and a very deep analysis of reality, cause and effect, and...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Precious Human Life Today, we are at Lama Tsongkhapa Institute, which is headed by two great spiritual masters. We have come together for spiritual teachings, and we are all very fortunate to have this opportunity. I am very happy to be here with you today. In general, it is...