Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way

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Happiness through the Four Sublime Statesor Divine Abodes (Brahma-Vihāra)a) Loving Kindness (Mettā): It is love, without the desire topossess. It is love, without selecting and excluding. It is love,embracing all living beings. Loving Kindness should bedistinguished from selfish affection. The Buddha advises hisdisciples to live merged together in their minds through mutuallove like water and milk mixing together. (M. I 207)b) Compassion (Karuṇā): It is compassion to all suffering livingbeings. Compassion is not the same as sentimentality.Sentimentality is a state of mind accompanied by sorrow.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way26 4/13/2013
Happiness through the Four Sublime Statesor Divine Abodes (Brahma-Vihāra) (continue)c) Altruistic Joy (Muditā): It is the ability to feel happy and joyful atthe success of another. It is the sharing of others’ happiness as if itwere ours. Altruistic Joy is the best antidote, the best medicine forthe poison of jealousy. Jealousy is the resentment and bitterness oneexperiences when another succeeds.d) Equanimity (Upekkhā): It is the perfect, unshakable balance ofmind. It is not negative indifference, but a positive social virtue.Equanimity is our ability to remain calm and unruffled when weface “the eight vicissitudes”, or “the eight ups and downs of life”(aṭṭha lokadhammā). These are: gain and loss (lābho alābho),blame and honour (ayaso yaso ca), insult and praise (nindapasaṃsā), delight and despair (sukhañ ca dukkhaṃ).Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way27 4/13/2013
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Page 3 and 4: What, then, is happiness?How can we
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EPILOGUEHappiness is the only thing
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