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Happiness Is..........................................
Shoshin
No one in particularNowhere Special Veteran
Happiness is...... making smiles appear on people's faces..
Happiness is............
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A peaceful mind
...A different experience at any given moment.
7.5 hours' sleep - rare AF but damn it's good.
A laughing baby! 😍
A healthy body.
A child who smiles at the old geezer hobbling along on two canes in the grocery store.
Happiness is ......
A conditioned analog of unconditioned joy.
I think in modern English, happiness can stand for the ultimate happiness (however you might choose to term that), and it can stand for relative happiness, part of the natural flux of human emotions.
If you look at the way it’s used in Bhutan, a Buddhist country where GDP was famously rejected in favour of GNH (Gross National Happiness), you can see it being used in the greater, more holistic sense. They’re not seeking national pleasure so much as wellbeing or contentment.
I don’t think we need to denigrate the search for happiness, just because it can have that relative meaning of pleasure, gratification, and fun. Thanissaro Bikkhu said we should take our need for happiness seriously, and I find that a very empowering teaching.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/01/bhutan-wealth-happiness-counts
I don't think we need to denigrate the conditioned world at all, only to be mindful of it. Samsara is nirvana, the unconditioned inseparably interdigitates with the conditioned, a happy thing that arises out of a set of conditions is still a happy thing.
.... a choice.
Happiness is.....Seeing the relative truths through Ultimate mind's eye...
I'll join ...
https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/short-courses/the-gross-national-happiness-practitioners-program-uk-and-bhutan-2020
Tee Hee ... happily I can not ...
... and now back to being happy ...
Is it a kind of "you're getting closer... you're getting closer"
or is it like
And here are my happinesses (and you show and tell)
?
Made me think a connection to:
Pharrell Williams video always makes me happy.
Music and dance.
Things that make me happy?
In fact so many things ... maybe I am an addict? I am happy with that 🙃
Happiness is......Dana
For you @Shoshin, have a nice day!
Happiness is .....LOVE
We often think of happiness as being temporarily distracted from our inner unhappiness.
This is distraction, rather than happiness.
"Since happiness is a state of mind, then the source of happiness must lie within the mind and not in external circumstances."
(“Tibetan Magic and Mysticism”, J.H. Brennan)
“Everything is always changing. If you relax into this truth, that is Enlightenment. If you resist, this is samsara (suffering).”
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, “What Makes You (Not) a Buddhist”
I am not there yet, but every couple of years, I take a step closer. Maybe ... someday.
Happiness is...The Dharma
This moment. (In the context of other moments; thus producing genuine care and compassion, but careful not to worry.)