What Is Happiness
A Monk's Guide to a Happy Life
Pomnyun Sunim
- 'When
- I
- ask
- people,
- "Are
- you
- happy?"
- in
- my
- talks,
- very
- few
- people
- say
- yes.'There
- are
- many
- things
- that
- seem
- to
- prevent
- us
- from
- being
- happy
- in
- our
- lives.
- Usually,
- things
- don't
- turn
- out
- the
- way
- we
- want
- them
- to.
- It
- could
- be
- unfulfilled
- goals,
- bad
- habits,
- a
- society
- that's
- built
- to
- benefit
- only
- those
- at
- the
- very
- top,
- or
- the
- loops
- of
- self-deprecation
- that
- many
- of
- us
- find
- ourselves
- falling
- into.
- But
- we
- can
- take
- control
- of
- our
- happiness,
- whatever
- life
- throws
- at
- us.
- We
- all
- have
- the
- right,
- and
- the
- ability,
- to
- be
- happy
- regardless
- of
- our
- situation.With
- his
- simple
- yet
- profound
- teachings,
- Buddhist
- monk
- Pomnyun
- Sunim
- shows
- us
- how
- to
- combat
- day-to-day
- anxiety,
- insecurity,
- anger,
- and
- discouragement.
- He
- explains
- why
- humans
- are
- prone
- to
- self-destruction,
- and
- redirects
- our
- focus
- to
- finding
- happiness.This
- book
- has
- touched
- countless
- lives
- and
- uplifted
- spirits
- in
- Korea,
- and
- it's
- time
- for
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- world
- to
- experience
- and
- understand
- exactly
- what
- is happiness.
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