Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way

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In response to this request, the Buddharefers to four requirements which areconducive to happiness in this life:1) Accomplishment in Effort (uṭṭhāna-sampadā): The Buddha saysthat it is the honest effort needed to earn one’s living: One mustbe energetic, tireless, of an inquiring turn of mind and capable oforganizing and carrying out one’s work systematically andefficiently.2) Requirement for Protection (ārakkha-sampadā): One should seethat the wealth one has earned is properly guarded and protected.3) Good Companionship/Friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā). One shouldassociate and cultivate friendship with people who are virtuous,who are faithful, charitable, and wise.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way36 4/13/2013
In response to this request, the Buddharefers to four requirements which areconducive to happiness in this life:4) The Need to lead a Balanced Life (samajīvikatā): “One should neitherbe unduly extravagant nor unduly miserly in one’s living. He shouldknow that his income will stand in excess of his expenditure, but nothis expenses in excess of his income. Just as the goldsmith knows onholding up a balance that by so much it has dipped down, by so muchit has tilted up; even so a householder, knowing his income andexpenses leads a balanced life, neither extravagant nor miserly.”5) “If a householder with little income were to lead an extravagant life,there would be those who say — ‘this person enjoys his property likeone who eats wood-apples.’ If a householder with a large income wereto lead a wretched life, there would be those who say — ‘This personwill die like a starveling.’”Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way37 4/13/2013
Page 1 and 2: Professor Karunadasa’s public lec
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
Page 9: How can we be truly happy?How can w
Page 12 and 13: The Cognitive Process(continue)If t
Page 14 and 15: The Cognitive Process:The Three Sta
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
Page 28 and 29: Happiness through the Four Sublime
Page 30 and 31: How can we laymen, we who are notmo
Page 32 and 33: Another Buddhist discourse says: If
Page 34 and 35: Health and Happiness“Among all ga
Page 38 and 39: The wealth earned by a householderh
Page 40 and 41: There are six evil consequenceswhen
Page 42 and 43: Causes of Downfall (parābhava)1)
Page 44 and 45: Happiness through Family Life1) Fil
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
Page 52 and 53: The Servants’ and Employees’Dut
Page 54 and 55: The Four Winning Ways(continue)Sinc
Page 56 and 57: Many Levels of Happiness The very f
Page 58 and 59: Many Levels of Happiness(continue)1
Page 60 and 61: Evaluation of Happiness1) Since the
Page 62 and 63: Happiness-MotivationAn important mo
Page 64 and 65: The Path to be Trodden with Joy1) A
Page 66 and 67: Historical EvidenceAs a matter of f
Page 68 and 69: From Happiness to the Highest Happi
Page 70 and 71: Did the Buddha penetrate the Trutho
Page 72 and 73: What prevents us from achievingthe
Page 74 and 75: Views as the Cause of Suffering1) T
Page 76 and 77: Views as Suffering, and Cessationof
Page 78 and 79: The Be-all and End-all ofWhat the B
Page 80 and 81: Why Wisdom and MentalPurity are Ind
Page 82 and 83: EPILOGUEHappiness is the only thing

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