Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way

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Happiness and Psychology - IIf negative mental dispositions, such as anger andjealousy, are called “unskillful”, it is because they makeus unskillful; they impair our mental and physical healthand lead to our unhappiness. And if positive mentaldispositions, such as compassionate love and kindness,are called “skillful”, it is because they make us skillful;they enhance our mental and physical health and, thus,promote our happiness.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way6 4/13/2013
Happiness and Psychology - IITherefore, the Buddhist moral evaluation interms of “skillful” and “un-skillful” is basedon psychology, on a distinction made betweenpositive mental dispositions which promoteour happiness, on the one hand, and negativemental dispositions which lead to our suffering,on the other.Professor Karunadasa’s public lecture onPursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way7 4/13/2013
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Page 3 and 4: What, then, is happiness?How can we
Page 5: Morality and Happiness(continue)Bud
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
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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
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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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Many Levels of Happiness The very f
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Many Levels of Happiness(continue)1
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Evaluation of Happiness1) Since the
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Happiness-MotivationAn important mo
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The Path to be Trodden with Joy1) A
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Historical EvidenceAs a matter of f
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From Happiness to the Highest Happi
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Did the Buddha penetrate the Trutho
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What prevents us from achievingthe
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Views as the Cause of Suffering1) T
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Views as Suffering, and Cessationof
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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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