Seeking Happiness (Between Ignorance and Enlightenment VII)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAN922 |
| Author: | Venerable Miao His and Cherry Lai |
| Publisher: | Buddha Light Art and Living Pvt Ltd |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2011 |
| ISBN: | 9789382017325 |
| Pages: | 216 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch |
| Weight | 240 gm |
Book Description
People in all walks of life are actively pursuing happiness in everything they do. These essays emphasize the importance of how a moment of thought can transform our daily lives. A moment of thought can allow us to reflect upon what is good in both the natural world and society; that moment can help us see the goodness in everything we encounter and find true happiness.
In every life experience, we are challenged to look at both the positive and the negative aspects of our surroundings, and to promote what is good and to diminish what is not. In these essays we see how a moment of thought can affect our state of mind and transform our lives.
A moment of thought may bring us a greater understanding of life so that we can see goodness in our world, maintain our physical and mental health, participate in the betterment of society and the world, and ultimately find happiness in everything we do.
These essays skillfully relate the natural world to our human existence and our existence as individuals to our role within society. The essays synthesize East and West, citing a Harvard University medical professor, various sutras, Confucius, and other great thinkers.
May each short essay provide you a moment to contemplate life, to help you look at life from a different perspective, and thus to find happiness in your life!
Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Seeking Happiness | 1 |
| Turn or Go Straight | 3 |
| The Wise and the Mean | 5 |
| The Devil and the Angel | 7 |
| Advancing and Retreating | 9 |
| Magnetic Field and Energy | 11 |
| Letting Go and Picking Up | 13 |
| Fantasies and Ideals | 15 |
| Truth and Lies | 17 |
| The Rooster and the Duck | 18 |
| Changing and Unchanging | 20 |
| The Spirit of A Blade of Grass | 22 |
| The Centipede | 24 |
| City Lights | 26 |
| Polarization | 27 |
| Migratory Birds | 29 |
| The Language of Flowers | 31 |
| The Poisonous Snake Metaphor | 33 |
| A Single Spark | 35 |
| The Dazzling World | 37 |
| Shooting Stars | 39 |
| Flowing Water, Stagnant Water | 41 |
| The Helmsman | 43 |
| The Ocean | 45 |
| As Deep as the Ocean | 47 |
| Deep or Shallow? | 49 |
| Mountains and Oceans | 51 |
| Plain Water | 53 |
| Climate and Weather | 55 |
| Ships and Boats | 57 |
| Water and Fire | 59 |
| Listen, Contemplate and Cultivate | 61 |
| Morning and Evening Practice | 63 |
| Meal Time | 65 |
| Work Time | 67 |
| Finding Flavor in the Flavorless | 69 |
| Before Going to Work | 71 |
| Idle Talk | 73 |
| Loving Words | 75 |
| Gratuities | 77 |
| Paying Fees | 79 |
| Penetrating Space | 81 |
| The Inspiration of Shoes | 83 |
| Discounting | 85 |
| Cars | 87 |
| Bags | 89 |
| Pens | 91 |
| Baggage | 93 |
| Kaleidoscope | 95 |
| A Piece of Paper | 97 |
| Signs and Milestones | 99 |
| To Relieve All Suffering | 101 |
| Walking, Standing, Sitting and Resting | 103 |
| Teamwork | 105 |
| Keeping a Distance | 107 |
| A Low Profile | 109 |
| Our Original Face | 111 |
| Hospitality | 113 |
| Braking | 115 |
| Soul | 117 |
| Fortune Telling | 119 |
| Each Has Its Own Parents | 121 |
| The Abhorrence of Delusion | 122 |
| Why We Are Cheated | 124 |
| The Outflow of Merit | 125 |
| Seeing Problems Clearly | 127 |
| Mistaking the Means for the End | 129 |
| Dilemmas | 131 |
| The Karma of Killing | 133 |
| Why? | 135 |
| Morphing | 137 |
| Main and Supporting Roles | 139 |
| The Four Views of Water | 141 |
| Respect Dissident | 143 |
| The Crisis of Net Understanding Suffering | 145 |
| Question Marks | 147 |
| Laws and Principles | 149 |
| Immunity | 151 |
| Learn a Lesson | 153 |
| Imagination | 155 |
| Lost | 157 |
| Organ Transplants | 159 |
| What Is Left Behind? | 161 |
| Problem People | 163 |
| Wonder Drugs | 165 |
| Puppet | 167 |
| Knowing Both Good and Bad | 169 |
| Benevolent Friends | 171 |
| All Is Possible | 173 |
| Homecoming | 175 |
| Value Professionalism | 177 |
| The Family Treasure Chest | 179 |
| When Worry Comes | 181 |
| Regret | 183 |
| One Minute | 185 |
| Paralysis | 187 |
| Looking for Trouble | 189 |
| Fear | 191 |
| Capabilities | 193 |
| One | 195 |
| Glossary | 197 |
