Category: Happiness

Living a More Joyful Life

10/12/2025

Three Buddhist teachings for living a more joyful life based on the life of Harada Tangen:

1. Practice gratitude: "We all have to break through our selfish disposition and be able to appreciate all things we are blessed with, appreciate life itself." -Harada Tangen

2. The power of commitment: "If you set out to do it, it will be done--if you don't, it won't be done; when something isn't done, it is because you didn't resolve to do it." -Harada Tangen

3. Equanimity, or the gift of mental composure: "Just leave it be. . . . All is well." -Harada Tangen
-Victor M Parachin, workshop on April 13, 2025

Cultivate what is Skillful

10/4/2025

Here's a simple yet foundational teaching from the Buddha: "Abandon what is unskillful. One can abandon the unskillful. If it were not possible, I would not ask you to do so." . . . Having read that, pause to ask yourself: "What's not working well in my life? What area is unskillful and no longer serves me well?"

. . . There's a second part to the Buddha's teaching: "Cultivate that which is skillful. One can cultivate the skillful. If it were not possible, I would not ask you to do so." . . . Now, having read this second part of his teaching, pause to ask yourself: "What brings me a great deal of satisfaction, pleasure, joy and happiness in life?" . . . Do more of that!
-Victor M Parachin, Think Like the Buddha: 108 Days of Mindfulness

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