Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way

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Many Levels of Happiness The very fact that Nibbana (Nirvana) is described, not as“happiness”, but as the “highest happiness” should showthat there are many levels of happiness below the Nibbanicexperience. As a matter of fact, the Buddha does not deny the possibilityof sensual indulgence. What the Buddha denies is thevalidity of sensual indulgence as a means to the HighestHappiness. “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.”Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way56 4/13/2013
Many Levels of Happiness(continue)The Buddha draws our attention to many kinds ofhappiness, ranging from the lowest to the highest,from the grossest to the most refined: There isa gradual refinement and sublimation of happinessuntil it reaches the Highest Level Happiness.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way57 4/13/2013
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Professor Karunadasa’s public lec
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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 36 and 37: In response to this request, the Bu
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 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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