The Art of Being Happy - Buddha's Guide To Modern Living
Peace comes from within. Do not seek outside. ~ BuddhaUnlock ancient secrets for modern happiness with The Art of Being Happy. Straight from the tranquil Jethavanarama Buddhist Monastery, Sri Lanka, this podcast offers simple, practical insights drawn from timeless Buddhist wisdom. Learn to navigate life's challenges, reduce stress, and discover lasting joy in everyday moments with this talk series.Brought to you by Sanathana Vani - The Voice Eternal
Love Without “Ifs”
Let’s face the fact that no one loves you the way you are. In any relationship, there are ifs, buts and conditions. So, all your life, you try to keep the face, try to fit in and adhere to others’ expectations, just to feel loved. You strive to do that and yet end up feeling unhappy.
So, if you wish to experience the truest form of happiness, love yourself the way you are. Because that’s how the Divine has shaped you. Stay tuned for more such insights!
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The Broken Philosophy of Happiness
We have always known happiness that comes at a price or suffering. We have all experienced good days and bad days. The worse the bad days are, the better the good days are. We believe that there is no happiness without suffering. We have been conditioned to believe in this broken philosophy of happiness.
Beyond this broken philosophy of happiness, something else exists – true happiness. A true sense of happiness that doesn’t waver; that doesn’t come with suffering in the equation. The real question is, can we break free from the broken philosophy of happiness and rea...
The Cost of Pursuing Your Desires
Just like the weather, desire changes. Today you may desire something and put your time, energy and resources into fulfilling it. Yet, once the desire changes or wanes, you feel disheartened and hop onto the next thing you desire.
So, the cycle of chasing desires continues. And, certainly at a cost. At the cost of your true happiness. At the cost of finding true fulfilment. At the cost of understanding that you are already enough and you have everything you truly need.
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The Art of Problem Solving
We often think suffering is external and there are circumstances or people who cause us pain and disappointment. We try to remove these sources of suffering endlessly. We try to master problem solving yet without any concrete results.
What if we knew that suffering has its source in our mind and just by switching our mindset or perspective, our view of suffering, its causes and outcomes will change too? Can it be the key to mastering the art of problem solving? Stay tuned to learn more!
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Spend Your Time Wisely
The world around you has defined certain activities and interests as the norm. You are conditioned to believe the same, and you continue to pursue these without questioning whether they are truly necessary for your physical, mental, and overall well being.
The tables turn in your favor when you begin assessing where to invest your time and resources. But how can you spend your time wisely and focus on what is sensible rather than sensational?
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Stop Competing, Start Belonging
In a world obsessed with being the "smartest," we have traded our peace for a relentless race of comparison. True freedom begins when we stop measuring our worth against others and start resting in our true nature.
Competition is a shadow cast by the ego’s need to be "better." By choosing compassion over conquest, we move from a state of friction to a state of flow. This shift allows us to stop boasting and start belonging—recognising that in our global family, excellence is not about defeating others, but about the quiet joy of simply being who w...
The Price of Competition
The concept of I, Me, Mine is valid only in the worlds that we create within our minds. We choose what favors us. We have separated space, opportunity and privilege for ourselves, people and things that matter to us. Whenever there is a competition, the loudest, the strongest and the fiercest tend to win.
The real question is - is this price of competition worth it? What if you can coexist and cocreate to make the world a better place to live rather than compete with each other? Discover more!
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The Real Disaster in a Disaster
Our minds don't see all events as just events. In and amongst incidents, our minds lean towards accidents. The real disaster is when the mind is not equanimous and labels events as disasters when the outcome is unfavourable.
Unless we view incidents as just incidents, we will continue to grieve, fear and worry about them, creating imaginary disasters within our minds. Stay tuned to learn the secret to view incidents just as mere incidents!
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Nature's Way Should be Your Way
Nature unfolds on its own, and when you choose to let nature runs its course rather than contesting it, you find peace in its truest sense. To achieve that, you need to understand the characteristics and ways of working of nature and become one with nature.
Being at peace with nature is the way you can find true happiness, joy, and fulfilment. Stay tuned to discover more such insights!
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The Art of Being Desireless
Does the promise of tomorrow excite you? Have you ever wondered why today, the 24 hours you spent experiencing life, was not enough? Why does your mind stay curious about the next best thing, and happiness, fulfilment, and contentment seem far-fetched, more than ever? Because, finding true happiness has always been the pursuit.
You need to master the art of being desireless to understand that happiness can’t be found but realised within. Happiness is much closer to home than you can imagine. Stay tuned!
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The Value of Your Life
If you settle for moments of pleasure than true happiness, you must keep doing things to stay happy. The way you want to be someone significant, the things that you would like to achieve and possess, and the way of life that you aspire to maintain - none of these could define the value of your life or offer you true happiness.
Be ambitious ever to find true happiness because that's the right pursuit towards lasting happiness, and that’s something that defines the true value of your life. Stay tuned to discover more!
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The Purpose of Your Life
To understand the purpose of your life, you need the guidance of a mind rooted in wisdom. The last thing you need to do is trust your mind when it speaks out of ignorance, ignorance of truth, and ignorance of what happiness truly is.
The purpose of your life is not only to survive or thrive but to revel in true happiness that lies within yourselves, not in worldly pleasures and pursuits. Stay tuned to understand how to realise this truth and not only know, but act on the purpose of your life.
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Is Embarrassment Real?
Embarrassment is not something others can give you or make you feel. Rather, it's mind-made, and your own internal self-preservation mechanism. You try to engineer your mind to rein in your emotions, and thoughts, so that you don't feel embarrassment.
If it's your own mind's making, how real can this be? Is there a way you can manage your mind, and in turn, manage not experiencing embarrassment? Tune in and discover!
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Truth has No Religion
People with ignorance often interpret religion in their own ways but truth has no religion. Truth can't be divisive and religion can't be about segregation. It's about putting humanity back in the hearts, minds, and souls of human beings.
Take this opportunity of life to cultivate humanness in its true sense to realise and live the ultimate truth that unites us all.
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No Pain, No Gain
The moment of pleasure is nothing but the moment when you overcome fear, get rid of pain or suffering. To experience this pleasure, you ultimately have to go through the series of less than desirable moments.
Pleasure and happiness are two very different things. What if there is a way you can experience happiness that defies the norm of 'No Pain, No Gain'? Stay tuned to discover Buddha’s doctrine of attaining unconditional happiness!
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness is not a discovery but a realisation. Our happiness is our own making. We can't stop life from taking over the course but we can certainly learn to deal with it, and be truly happy.
Happiness is not the absence of challenges and misery in life but something we will experience when we stop chasing.
Be a student of life to master the truest essence of happiness!
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Not Only Educate but Value Educate Your Children
Do we have time to bring the children into this world, but not to bring them up, teach them right from the wrong?
Besides education, we can't forget to teach our children the values, virtues, principles, morals, and integrity; we will not have a child to be a sought-after professional or a happy, and fulfilled being.
Live to regret or live to rejoice our children - take that call now!
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The Right Mindset that Makes One Rich
Rich people are rich because they give and have the attitude or mindset of a rich person. When you give something without expecting anything, you become rich in it. But how can you give something that you don’t have? Whatever little you have, give a portion of it. What matters in giving is your intention.
Discover how to change your thinking pattern one step at a time to become truly rich.
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The Choice between Deserving or Contributing Mindset
Become deserving and you will get good things in life – aren't we all encouraged to believe this? What if it’s having the contributing mindset that holds the magic? No matter whether you are surrounded by naysayers or have a laid-back personality, you just need 4 things to be a go-getter.
Intrigued to learn what those 4 things are? Stay tuned to explore!
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The Psychology of Emotions
There are moments that may call for celebrations for some but disappointment for you. Have you allowed events in your life and surroundings to dictate your happiness? Are you alright with not having control over
your own happiness?
Discover how you can get over the roller-coaster of emotions and find lasting happiness.
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The Mechanism of Pleasure
Time is the most priceless and precious thing that can’t be earned back once spent. Fighting for the freedom of choice vs fighting for the choice of freedom – on which path, are you investing your time?
Learn how you can switch your perspective, be unshakable, and find timeless happiness & peace.
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The Philosophy of Life
Are you still chasing contentment? You own everything, yet something remains unfulfilled. This podcast cuts through the noise of today's transactional world to uncover the core spiritual truth: Under the skin, we are all the same.
Join us as we explore the revolutionary idea of service as self-healing, why expecting praise is a trap, and how to stop chasing desires to start deserving something great, bigger, and larger than life—Priceless Bliss.
Change your life from the inside out, because you become who and what you think.
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Hard work vs Real Happiness
In every pursuit of life, you are always competing against time and time always wins. Aspire for a greater victory that time can never take away from you.
Discover how to make the most of the invaluable and precious human life and not wasting it away on pursuits or victories that time will eventually take away.
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The Real Definition of Happiness
You can live your life and achieve happiness or you can live your life trying to find happiness. However, there's only one way to happiness - a moment in mind when you are free of everything that restricts your pursuit of happiness.
Stay tuned to discover practical insights that will rehash your view towards lasting happiness.
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Scientist in a Robe
Discover how we are similar at the core yet seem diverse outward. Who we are today is indeed influenced by the choices we make along the way.
Find out the formula of 'No Regrets' and realise that Nirvana is right where we are.
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