Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way
Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way
Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way
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Many Levels <strong>of</strong> <strong>Happiness</strong> <strong>The</strong> very fact that Nibbana (Nirvana) is described, not as“happiness”, but as the “highest happiness” should showthat there are many levels <strong>of</strong> happiness below the Nibbanicexperience. As a matter <strong>of</strong> fact, the Buddha does not deny the possibility<strong>of</strong> sensual indulgence. What the Buddha denies is thevalidity <strong>of</strong> sensual indulgence as a means to the Highest<strong>Happiness</strong>. “It is not through the lower,” says the Buddha,“that the higher can be attained; it is only through the higherthat that the higher can be attained.”Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Karunadasa’s public lecture on<strong>Pursuit</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Happiness</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Buddhist</strong> <strong>Way</strong>56 4/13/2013
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