The Pursuit of Happiness
Moving toward unconditional fulfillment and freedom
Happiness
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on Happiness
From chapter 3 of our current Tricycle Retreat leader Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s new book, Into the Heart of Life, We’d all like to be happy. And we expend a great deal of effort trying to make…
What is Happiness?
Our current Tricycle Retreat teacher Ezra Bayda, from his new book, Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment, The basic teaching underlying every religion and every spiritual path is that it’s possible to experience fundamental…
The price of happiness? $75,000
Looking for happiness? Apparently it will cost you. Princeton University researchers interviewed 450,000 people between 2008 and 2009 in an effort to determine the factors the contribute to personal happiness. According their findings, the cost of…
The Pursuit of Happiness Project
This October, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist leaders will gather in Atlanta, Georgia to participate in Emory University’s Pursuit of Happiness Project. Hosted by Emory’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion, the conference marks…
This Is Your Brain On Meditation: Mingyur Rinpoche Describes The Science Of Happiness (VIA Huffington Post)
VIA The Huffington Post A hush fell over the room as Youngey Mingyur Rinpoche took the stage to begin his teaching. Rinpoche, the revered Tibetan Buddhist lama, teacher, and so-called“happiest man in the world” was commencing…
A happiness that can’t be taken from you (and four reasons we fear death)
What was behind the Buddha’s decision to go off into the forest? A desire to be happy, Thai forest monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu teaches in the talk below. In fact, he says, this desire underlay all of…
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