
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Buddha unequivocally declared “all living beings desire happiness and recoil from suffering.” By default, we find happiness through the gratification of the senses: inner desires drive us to search for things to see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and even think. But such gratifications are ephemeral and the blind chase for sensual desires have led to innumerable societal problems. Is it then possible to find true happiness that is (more) sustainable? True happiness, in the f