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Many people look for happiness outside themselves, but true happiness must come from inside of us.
Our culture tells us that happiness comes from having a lot of money, a lot of power and a high position in society. But if you observe carefully, you will see that many rich and famous people are not happy.
The Buddha and the monks and nuns of his time did not own anything except their three robes and one bowl. But they were very happy, because they had something extremely precious: freedom.
According to the Buddha’s teachings, the most basic condition for happiness is freedom . . . . . . freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy and delusion.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Our culture tells us that happiness comes from having a lot of money, a lot of power and a high position in society. But if you observe carefully, you will see that many rich and famous people are not happy.
The Buddha and the monks and nuns of his time did not own anything except their three robes and one bowl. But they were very happy, because they had something extremely precious: freedom.
According to the Buddha’s teachings, the most basic condition for happiness is freedom . . . . . . freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy and delusion.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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