Tuesday, November 22, 2011

What is relative and absolute happiness?

What is the purpose of life? It is happiness. But there are two kinds of happiness: relative and absolute. Relative happiness comes in a wide variety of forms. The purpose of Buddhism is to attain Buddhahood. In modern terms, this could be explained as realizing absolute happiness—a state of happiness that can never be destroyed or defeated.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 20/11

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