Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way

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How can we laymen, we who are notmonks or nuns, achieve happiness?The Buddha calls us “the lay people who enjoysense-pleasures” (gihī kāmabhogino). To us aslaymen, the Buddha has given many instructionsas to how we can lead a happy life, while beinglay people enjoying sense-pleasures.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way30 4/13/2013
Happiness and Wealth One of the most important prerequisites to lead a happy lifeis adequate wealth. As a religious teacher the Buddha neverpraised poverty. As a matter of fact, the Buddha singled outpoverty to be the most socially destabilizing factor. In onediscourse (Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta), the Buddha says:“When there is no proper distribution of wealth in thesociety, poverty grows rife; from poverty growing rife,stealing increases; from the spread of stealing, violenceand use of weapons increases, from violence and use ofweapons destruction of life becomes common, whendestruction of life becomes common, people’s life-spandecreases, their beauty decreases.”Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way31 4/13/2013
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Page 3 and 4: What, then, is happiness?How can we
Page 5 and 6: Morality and Happiness(continue)Bud
Page 7 and 8: Happiness and Psychology - IITheref
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Page 12 and 13: The Cognitive Process(continue)If t
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Page 16 and 17: Happiness and Mindfulness(continue)
Page 18 and 19: Of these three poisons,what is the
Page 20 and 21: The Wretchedness of Anger1. “When
Page 22 and 23: What is the most effective antidote
Page 24 and 25: This is how, the Buddha says,one sh
Page 26 and 27: Happiness through the Four Sublime
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Page 34 and 35: Health and Happiness“Among all ga
Page 36 and 37: In response to this request, the Bu
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Page 40 and 41: There are six evil consequenceswhen
Page 42 and 43: Causes of Downfall (parābhava)1)
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Page 46 and 47: Parents’ Duties to the Children T
Page 48 and 49: Wife’s Duties to her Husband The
Page 50 and 51: Friends’ and Associates’Duties
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Page 54 and 55: The Four Winning Ways(continue)Sinc
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Page 78 and 79: The Be-all and End-all ofWhat the B
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Why Wisdom and MentalPurity are Ind
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EPILOGUEHappiness is the only thing
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