be happy

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Happiness

There is an excellent short post about happiness over at the Ven. Shi Wuling's blog. I encourage you to go read it. Here is a snippet to whet your appetite.

In Buddhism, we hear a lot about happiness and how our practice will help us to find it. We can also turn on the television or go to the movies and hear that such media can help us to find happiness. How can Buddhism and a television commercial both show us how to find happiness?

It depends on how we define happiness.

Thought for the day

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle. and the life of the candle will never be shortened. Happiness never decreased by being shared."
- Buddha

I think too many people live their lives as if sharing some light or happiness will somehow decrease their own.