Wise Choices for a Happy Life (Coeur d’Alene 2007)

Teachings on creating the causes for happiness and avoiding those of suffering given at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in March 2007.

Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.

Ethical conduct and motivation

The meaning of happiness, how anger and attachment cause suffering, and the benefits of a calm mind.

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.

Craving for pleasures

How we cling to sense pleasures, our own ways of doing things, and examining if we get real happiness from these.

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.

Purifying our wrong actions

Explanation of generating regret for our past actions and making a determination not to repeat them.

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.

Making decisions for long term benefit

How to find true long term happiness by acting ethically and benefiting others.

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