HAPPINESS
Some familiar synonyms of happiness
are : cheerfulness, joyfulness, carefreeness, enjoyment, gladness, delight,
contentment, pleasure, satisfaction, etc.
Satisfaction is the result of fulfillment
of one’s wishes, expectations, needs, desires, requirements, dreams, and
expectations.
Happiness also depends upon one’s
fate which is determined by providence and the quantum of which is also
dependent upon one’s good or bad deeds in previous births.
Strangely enough, there are happy
poor people and unhappy rich people all
over world.
Contentment is the main condition
for happiness.
Don’t multiply your wishes, needs
and desires; reduce them as much as you can and the result will be adequate control
over unhappiness.
According to Lord Gautam Buddha who
lived in the 6th to 4th century BCE in India, there is
eightfold path to ensure happiness. This consists of right thought, right
action, right speech, right effort, right mindfulness right livelihood, right
understanding and right concentration. He also lays emphasis on accepting four
noble truths --- suffering, cause of suffering, cessation of suffering and the
end of suffering. Another way suggested by him is to avoid extremes of
self-indulgence and self-mortification.
Somebody said: The secret of happiness is
renunciation. Another one said: An act
of goodness is itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can
compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
Finally, the following some relevant quotes:
*Happiness is
when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
**Happiness
comes with the feeling of inner joy and satisfaction,
***Happiness
is but an occasional episode in the general drama of pain. ---The English
novelist Thomas Hardy ( 1840-1928) in his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.
This quote
reflects Hardy’s characteristic pessimism and his view of life as a tragic
experience with only fleeting moments of joy.
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G.R.Kanwal
27 June 2025
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