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The Balance Between Our Own Happiness And Other People’s Happiness
🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A
Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to " The Balance Between Our Own
Happiness And Other People’s Happiness” Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Google (Nov. 10, 2014)
🔹Question : I’m not sure if you are suggesting that appiness is sort of the state that we should ideally be seeking. But if it is, I think to the people that I know who are the happiest and they are actually the people that are most selfish. And I observe that they’re very happy because they spend, you know, all of our time and energy are limited. And they spend their time and energy on their own goals and their own interests. And they don’t really help others. And that doesn’t seem to be the ideal way of living. The ideal way of living seems to be some balance between seeking your own happiness and also seeking others’ happiness. On the other end of the spectrum, I see other people who are very selfless and help a lot of people selflessly. But actually because ey’re so neglectful their own needs they are unhappy. So it seems like we need some sort of balance, right? How would you
suggest striking an appropriate balance between addressing other people’s needs increasing other people’s happiness, and our own happiness?
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By Pomnyunsunim(법륜스님)_podcast🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A
Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to " The Balance Between Our Own
Happiness And Other People’s Happiness” Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Google (Nov. 10, 2014)
🔹Question : I’m not sure if you are suggesting that appiness is sort of the state that we should ideally be seeking. But if it is, I think to the people that I know who are the happiest and they are actually the people that are most selfish. And I observe that they’re very happy because they spend, you know, all of our time and energy are limited. And they spend their time and energy on their own goals and their own interests. And they don’t really help others. And that doesn’t seem to be the ideal way of living. The ideal way of living seems to be some balance between seeking your own happiness and also seeking others’ happiness. On the other end of the spectrum, I see other people who are very selfless and help a lot of people selflessly. But actually because ey’re so neglectful their own needs they are unhappy. So it seems like we need some sort of balance, right? How would you
suggest striking an appropriate balance between addressing other people’s needs increasing other people’s happiness, and our own happiness?
🔻Jungto Dharma School
(Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/
🔻 Find more at the
following links: http://www.jungtosociety.org http://www.pomnyun.com
https://www.instagram.com/jungto.society/
https://www.instagram.com/ven.pomnyun.sunim/ https://www.facebook.com/pomnyundailyquote
https://insighttimer.com/jungtokorea
🔻 All Jungto Society’s social platforms:
http://linktr.ee/jungtoint