Stop Buying Stuff and Learn How to Be Happy Instead
Dec 01, 2012•1 hr 7 min
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Episode description
Our FBA Podcast this week is a window into the ancient art of happiness. In " Stop Buying Stuff and Learn How to Be Happy Instead," Ratnaguna explores alternatives to buying more stuff and hooking up to more electronic gadgetry…
The Buddha repeatedly said that the only reason he taught was to alleviate suffering, and he in fact enumerated three level of happiness. This teaching is no longer simply an issue of personal growth – it has become vital to the future of our planet.
Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Center, 2011 in a series of free public talks, Buddhism and the Big Questions.
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