Buddhist Quotes on Happiness
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Finding Happiness from The Buddhist Point of View
Have you ever noticed how much His Holiness the Dalai Lama laughs? He laughs in spite of all the difficulties. I love this photo because it shows his childlike playful attitude. If you can learn to do that it will serve you well. So smile!
The root of Buddhism is the Four Nobel Truths, which states that there is suffering and we can rise above it by applying techniques which reduce our attachment and clinging to things, people and life itself. In this lens I will focus on Buddhist resources to assist you in increasing your joy.
Photo credit to E.P. Saudners from PhotoBucket Public Domain"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."
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Buddhism - Eight Steps to Happiness
By Jerome Ryan "mountainsoftravelphotos.com" (Toronto, Canada)
Dieter Glogowski alternates his photos with Buddhist-type quotes from the 14th Dalai Lama, the Dhammapada, Mahatma Gandhi, Thich Nhah Hanh, and Mother Teresa, among others, to illustrate Buddhist techings on wisdom, consciousness, compassion, equanimity, love, impermanence, mindfulness, and meditation. The photos feature Tibet (Lhasa, Mount Kailash, Gyantse and Shigatse), Kathmandu (Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath), Nepal (the Terai, Lower and Upper Mustang, Khumbu), India (Ladakh, Dharamsala, South India), Bhutan, and Sikkim. Some of the photos have already been shown in his other books.
My favourite quotes from the book are: Wisdom - 14th Dalai Lama: It is important to know that there are three kinds of wisdom: / Wisdom resulting from listening, / wisdom resulting from reflection and / wisdom resulting from meditation.
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Consciousness - the Dhammapada: We are what we think / All we are arises from our thoughts / With our thoughts we create the world.
Compassion - Mother Teresa: Always try to act in a way that people are happy to have met you.
Equanimity - the Suttanipada: We exchange the breath of air with the rain forests. We drink the very water that flows into the ocean. Water and air are integral parts of our lives. And we are part of the whole world. We realize that we depend on each other, that we are related to each other. Then we will deal with all of nature carefully, we are part of it.
Love - Phil Bosmans: A flower needs sun to become a flower. / A human being needs love to become a human being.
Impermanence - 14th Dalai Lama: It is my firm conviction that the power of the gun barrel is of limited time. / But the power of truth will increase more and more with time.
Mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh: Real life is experienced here and now. The past has already gone; the future has not yet come. Only in the present moment can we truly live life.
Meditation - Sogyal Rinpoche: The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well; Meditation is the road to enlightenment.
Dieter Glogowski is my favorite contemporary Tibet and Nepal photographer. His photos are excellent. The quotes are short and thought-provoking.
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How to Expand Love - Dalai Lama Quote
like/dislike
gain/loss
praise/blame
fame/disgrace
The worldly way of life is to be unhappy when the four unfavorable ones--dislike, loss, blame, and disgrace--happen to you or your friends, but to be pleased when these happen to your enemies. These results are all based on how people act, whereas true love and compassion are based not on actions but on the crucial fact that these sentient beings want happiness and do not want suffering, like you, and thus are all equal. Some actions are positive, and some are negative, but the agents of those actions are all sentient beings with aspirations to happiness. We always need to look from that angle. Actions are secondary, since they are sometimes positive and sometimes negative--always changing--whereas there is never any change in the fact that beings want happiness and do not want suffering.
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When a shocking event happens, whether during the day or when dreaming, our immediate response is "I," not Tibetan, not American, or any other nationality; not Buddhist, not Hindu, or any other system, but just "I." This shows us the basic human level. On that important level all are the same. Little children do not bother about religion and nationality, rich or poor; they just want to play together. At a young age the sense of oneness of humanity is much more fresh. As we grow older, we make a lot of distinctions; a lot of artificial creations that are actually secondary become more important, and basic human concern diminishes. That is a problem.
Love thrown into bias by lust and hatred eventually must be stopped. Love influenced by afflictive desire necessarily brings with it hatred at what opposes it, and along with that comes jealousy and all sorts of problems. Though lust itself does not directly harm, it indirectly brings about all the forces that harm. This is why the process of expanding love begins with developing equanimity, after which the main point is not whether a particular person is good or bad to you but the fact that the person is the same as yourself in wanting happiness and not wanting suffering. Since this desire resides in all sentient beings, your awareness of it can apply to everyone, making the basis of your love very stable. Once you put the emphasis on their similarity to yourself, love has a solid foundation that does not vacillate depending on temporary circumstances."
This book is chock full of useful information and quotes to improve your life.
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"Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind."
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The Positive Psychology of Buddhism
This review is from: The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga : Paths to a Mature Happiness (Paperback)
This is a remarkable book. First of all, it provides a clear introduction to the basic teachings of Buddhism and of Yoga. Then it shows how modern Western Psychology relates to these teachings. Stories from the Eastern literature and very apt personal anecdotes make the formal teaching come alive. (The author has listed these stories in the table of contents. There are over 35 of them!) But most importantly for me, reading it was like a life-changing experience. The book teaches you what wisdom is and how to live wisely. The section on handling anger is a must read.
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"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Quote on Smiles
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"I love friends, I want more friends. I love smiles. That is a fact. How to develop smiles? There are a variety of smiles. Some smiles are sarcastic. Some smiles are artificial - diplomatic smiles. These smiles do not produce satisfaction, but rather fear or suspicion. But a genuine smile gives us hope, freshness. If we want a genuine smile, then first we must produce the basis for a smile to come. On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing."
From the book titled: His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Don Farber.
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Happiness and Fulfillment
Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment
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Reviewed By Ingo Leung (Hong Kong)
There are books that you read, you enjoy, & you gradually forget; there are books that you read, you think, & you apply the underlying wisdom to your life. Allan Wallace's 'Genuine Happiness' is certainly the second type; it's actually one of the rare & precious books that I would treasure for the rest of my life.
Wallace's writing is highly concise; he presents the wisdom of Buddhist meditation practice in a coherent, humane & pragmatic manner that anyone with any cultural or spirtual background can appreciate, value & apply.
"Forgiveness is the healing of wounds, however they may be caused. It does not always lead to healed relationships, but it does lead to healed lives. When you choose to let go of a past wrong and of blame and hatred, you choose to invite love and peace into your life."
Quote from The Tibetan Art of Serenity by Christopher Hansard
Quote by Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
"Activities are endless, like ripples on a stream.They end only when you drop them.
Human moods are like the changing highlights and shadows on a sunlit mountain range.
All activities are like the games children play, like castles being made of sand.
View them with delight and equanimity, like grandparents
overseeing their grandchildren or a shepherd
resting on a grassy knoll watching over his grazing flock."
- Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
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Anonymous Quote
"Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back." -Unknown
Happiness by Matthieu Ricard
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
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For millennia, philosophers, writers and artists have sought the key to human happiness. A Buddhist monk and former cell biologist, Ricard offers his own musings about the nature of happiness and tips on how to attain it in his sometimes tedious, sometimes dynamic guide. Happiness, for Ricard, cannot be found in fleeting experiences of pleasure-the joy of a sunny day, the refreshing taste of an ice cream cone, the ecstasy of sex-but only in the depths of an individual's being. Happiness is not self-interested, but rather compassionate, seeking the well-being of others. If we are truly happy, writes Ricard, we can change the world because of our compassion for others and our desire to end hatred and bring happiness even to those we don't like.
To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.
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Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
A beautiful book on the simplicity of meditation. Descriptions of the brain from a Western perspective as well as Buddhist. Interesting connections between the two. Rinpoche writes about very complex ideas in very easy to understand ways and I recommend this book to everyone who wants to be able to calm the mind and crazy emotions.
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Finding Meaning and Joy
Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
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With engaging writing and a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to meditation students and readers of "Dharma Wisdom," Moffitt's column in Yoga Journal, as well as anyone searching for a more authentic life.
Joy Versus Fun
Joy is not like fun. True joy will arise spontaneously when obstacles are removed, releasing the imprisoned life force energies of mind and body.
Fun is simply a manufactured commodity that shakes us until we feel giddy; making a hollow promise to release us into the freedom of joy that we innately crave.
~Domo Geshe Rinpoche
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"I wish I had a science teacher like Rick Hanson when I went to school. Buddha's Brain is at once fun, fascinating, and profound. It not only shows us effective ways to develop real happiness in our lives, but also explains physiologically how and why they work. As Dr. Hanson instructs us to do with positive experiences, take in all the good information this book offers and savor it."
-James Baraz, author of Awakening Joy and cofounder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Smile to Your Heart
"Smile to Your Heart Meditations shows that our deepest truest essence can be tapped by stripping away the complexity we have built up within our lives. Rather than using effort to try and stop all the noise in our head, Irman shows us that the key is to simply smile, relax and surrender. Once we start to feel the peacefulness in our non-physical hearts, (the centre of our feeling) and follow that feeling, the journey towards true peace and compassion becomes easy.
This book is a real gift. Buy it and give it to a friend! Then buy a copy for yourself! You wont regret it :) "
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"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles."
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We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
When the mind is pure,
joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
~ Buddha
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1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy looks at everyday situations and provides the Buddha's and other Buddhist teachers' guidance for navigating them in a cheerful, positive way. The attainment of happiness has always been the goal of Buddhism, and even the Dalai Lama admits that one doesn't need to change religions to benefit from the teachings of the Happy One. The sayings in this book allow readers of any faith (or no faith) to explore the Buddha's ideas and relate them to their own personal quest for happiness.
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