The Path to Happiness

Wisdom of the Dalai Lama #7
Is Buddhism a Religion? “Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one’s own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind. Religion has much involvement with faith. Sometimes it seems that there is quite a distance between a way of thinking based on faith and one entirely based on experiment, remaining skeptical. Unless you find something

The Path to Happiness – Dealing with Fear
Shantideva Fear is one of the strongest emotions we have. Understanding this emotion will help us on the path to becoming happy. Fear comes in many different flavors, but we mainly need to deal with one two.  The first is the type of fear that comes from impeding real danger, and second is the type that comes from irrational thinking.  In our class room we refer to this as False Evidence Appearing Real. (F.E.A.R) What exactly is fear? Fear is an emotional response to a pe

The Path to Happiness – Our Body
When people talk about spirituality people often times think about meditation and leaving the physical body.  Now this does happen, but it is not the goal. The goal is to understand the body and it’s senses better. Meditation is about the connection of mind and body not just mind or just body. It is about become aware. The health of the body is of utmost importance if we want to be happy. It is possible to be happy with a failing body, but this

Wisdom of the Dalai Lama #6
“We feel money and power can bring happiness and solve problems, but they are not definite causes of those desired states. If that were so, it would follow that those who have wealth would necessarily have happiness, and those who do not have wealth would always experience suffering. Money and power facilitate, but it is clear that they are not the primary causes of, happiness and solving our problems. It is justified for us to make material and financial development for

The Path to Happiness – Dealing with Stress
Welcome to the 21st Century. Technology was supposed to make our lives easier, at least that is what they told us.  But today we seeing people walking down the street, driving their cars, at the grocery store and even in the bathroom talking on their cell phones. So much for freedom. We have become so attached to technology that we cannot imagine life without it anymore. The price however is the stress levels this technology is costing us. Do we really need to be connected all the time? As ma