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Thank you Buddha

BunksBunks Australia Veteran
in Buddhism Basics

I recently read a survey in Australia that stated that 43 was the unhappiest age for a male and 72 (or thereabouts) was the happiest.

I am 44 now.

I'd have to say I am the most content and peaceful I have ever been and have the Buddha to thank for that.

I honestly think I would be pretty unhappy (two small kiddies, demanding job, very little (if any) time to myself) if it weren't for discovering his teachings and this path.

Thanks Buddha!! You're a legend......

KundoNirvanarohitShoshinsilverDavidlobsterVastmindDobs

Comments

  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    Heya @Bunks do you have the link for that? I'd be curious to see the stats for females in our place :)

    _ / \ _

  • gracklegrackle Veteran

    @Bunks. I am so very happy to hear that the path has been so productive for you. In the midst of family life its often hard to see clearly in the saha world.

    Bunks
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    @dhammachick said:
    Heya @Bunks do you have the link for that? I'd be curious to see the stats for females in our place :)

    _ / \ _

    I heard it on the radio. I found this link to it though it doesn't seem to distinguish between blokes and sheilas!! ;)

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237106/What-age-happiest-New-report-reveals-age-Australians-satisfied-life-isn-t-think.html

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Isn't it funny how legend becomes leg end when you split it. I love language!

    Oh, btw, I'm pretty well content too, at 59 I bloody well ought to be. Couple of niggles here and there, but hey! Pharrell Williams, an' all that!

    BunksKundo
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @Bunks said: I recently read a survey in Australia that stated that 43 was the unhappiest age for a male and 72 (or thereabouts) was the happiest.

    Is that because Aussies retire to New Zealand? ;)

    Shoshin
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    @SpinyNorman said:

    @Bunks said: I recently read a survey in Australia that stated that 43 was the unhappiest age for a male and 72 (or thereabouts) was the happiest.

    Is that because Aussies retire to New Zealand? ;)

    Ha! Most Aussies wouldn't know where New Zealand was!

    Shoshin
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    It's just off the M6 near Birmingham. (UK, that is...)

    Kundo
  • lobsterlobster Veteran

    @Bunks said:
    I'd have to say I am the most content and peaceful I have ever been and have the Buddha to thank for that.

    I honestly think I would be pretty unhappy (two small kiddies, demanding job, very little (if any) time to myself) if it weren't for discovering his teachings and this path.

    Thanks Buddha!! You're a legend......

    Cool.

    I feel that is important. It relates to the auspicious conditions for the possibility of nibbana.

    People come to Buddhism for a quick fix. Not available. For instant alleviation of duckha. Sorry that is universal. Nothing doing. For a simple technique to make life wonderful. Take these mantras three times daily and be kind to animals ... yep indeedy ...

    However a sturdier breed of traveller starts to explore and find the assumptions and conditions that hinder our misappropriation of the path of 84 000 dharmas. They start to implement a path of practice/study/sila implementation etc.

    And Yo and Behold, the neoroplasticity of the brain moulds some peace and contentment.

    Onward.

  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    @Bunks said:

    @SpinyNorman said:

    @Bunks said: I recently read a survey in Australia that stated that 43 was the unhappiest age for a male and 72 (or thereabouts) was the happiest.

    Is that because Aussies retire to New Zealand? ;)

    Ha! Most Aussies wouldn't know where New Zealand was!

    Except now because we lost the first game to them

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran
    edited February 2016

    @Bunks said:

    Ha! Most Aussies wouldn't know where New Zealand was!

    ...And most Kiwis would like to keep it that way :wink:
    "Thank You Buddha"

    BunksKundo
  • LionduckLionduck Veteran

    Funny, a lot of Americans know exactly where Australia and New Zealand are, but they haven't a clue where Washington DC is. :3

    Vastmind
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    @Bunks said:
    I recently read a survey in Australia that stated that 43 was the unhappiest age for a male and 72 (or thereabouts) was the happiest.

    I am 44 now.

    I'd have to say I am the most content and peaceful I have ever been and have the Buddha to thank for that.

    I honestly think I would be pretty unhappy (two small kiddies, demanding job, very little (if any) time to myself) if it weren't for discovering his teachings and this path.

    Thanks Buddha!! You're a legend......

    @Bunks you have an awakening mind to thank for that...(...It's the same thing I guess :) )

    KundoBunks
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