Happiness This Way

Buddhists: What is happiness?

I was asked today, "Have you ever been happy?" and "What is happiness?" Honestly, I could not get a decent answer. One person told me that happiness is the satisfaction found when overcome suffering. Another said that happiness is just another experience. A third said that happiness is the stillness and the movement is suffering. This did nothing to help my confusion. I do not know what the "experience" of happiness is being defined as above. I have not found the stillness and motion. I'm not even entirely sure what I'm looking for, if I found or if it's there to begin with. I am also aware that it is possible that it is not something you can find, simply because it just is. Buddhists: Please tell me, What is happiness? As always, be respectful of your fellow posters. Namaste _ / _ Joey: You do not really say anything that did not already have the previous state.

My view of happiness has changed after 20 years of Buddhist practice. Most people understand the happiness in terms of something "" can get – an orgasm, a warm gun, a good feeling, a lot of money, a good reputation, a handsome husband, or any number of other things that produce a good "feeling." But the Buddha taught that true and lasting happiness can not come from anything outside of ourselves. The orgasm comes to an end. The handsome husband becomes old and bent. Everything outside of us is constantly changing and forever. This continuous process of change ultimately creates enormous dissatisfaction. . . even with our new iPod (which was so great when new, but then a new model came out!). This discontent is why a man who just had a wonderful orgasm can turn around and beat his wife. The wonderful feeling does not last and this can cause anger impermanence. The Buddha taught that true happiness comes from a completely different. He said that when we leave our complete self-absorption ("I like this," "I want that", "This is mine," "You Belong to Me, "" my car is better than yours ", etc), dissatisfaction is dissolved. When we move away from our own center of the state can be rotated the world and we offer others. Oddly enough, when we use our whole life for the benefit of others, an amazing thing happens – we experience a sense deep and lasting happiness. This happiness can not be disturbed by events and changing situations, by the constantly changing world. Arises only from our nature Buddha and, as such, remains with us all the time. For a wonderful view in this Buddhist teaching, check out this video by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche – very fashionable and also clear: Big http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDSAAlrqAHM question! This response can benefit you!

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