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Devoted to Persuit of Pleasure | Loving Kindness as Source of Happiness | Metta | Ajahn Dhammasiha
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Amazingly, the Buddha stated in Pāsādika Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya/Long Discourses #29) that his followers are devoted to the persuit of happiness.
However, it has to be qualified what kind of happiness we're after:
- We're not persuing happiness based on evil and unwholesome actions
- We're not persuing pleasures of the senses
- However, we are devoted to persue the joy, rapture and bliss of samādhi/jhāna
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that mettā/loving-kindness is for many meditators the easiest way to get access to non-sensual happiness; and he encourages us to cultivate mettā throughout daily life.
Pics
#happiness #joy #gladness #metta #lovingkindness #dhammatalk
443 episodes
Manage episode 507240732 series 3403187
Amazingly, the Buddha stated in Pāsādika Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya/Long Discourses #29) that his followers are devoted to the persuit of happiness.
However, it has to be qualified what kind of happiness we're after:
- We're not persuing happiness based on evil and unwholesome actions
- We're not persuing pleasures of the senses
- However, we are devoted to persue the joy, rapture and bliss of samādhi/jhāna
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that mettā/loving-kindness is for many meditators the easiest way to get access to non-sensual happiness; and he encourages us to cultivate mettā throughout daily life.
Pics
#happiness #joy #gladness #metta #lovingkindness #dhammatalk
443 episodes
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