Entries Tagged as 'Happiness'

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

How to Become a Better Husband, Boyfriend or Life Partner

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This article is not particularly insightful. Nor is it all that authoritative. I am not claiming to be the world’s best husband – far from it. But one thing I can attest to is that I am always trying to be better for my lady. I never forget that our relationship is [...]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Growing Up: The Train That Can Never Stop

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I’m 24 years old. I’m in the North Indian Himalayas. I’m sitting down for a private audience with one of Tibet’s most revered Buddhist teachers. After telling him how attached I am to my mother he looks at me straight in the eyes, smiles and gently says, “Well, you have to grow [...]

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

How to Live Longer: The Buddhist Practice of Saving Life

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“No thing is as dear to someone as his or her own life, so no greater crime is there than taking life away. And no conditioned virtue brings greater merit than the act of saving beings and ransoming their lives.” – Chatral Rinpoche.
Many years ago in the Himalayas I met a Buddhist [...]

Friday, July 17th, 2009

What Your Dreams Can Teach You About Being Awake (and Happy)

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We all dream. Some more than others. Some people will go off on fantasy journeys to far of lands where the imagination creates a smorgasbord of sensual pleasures. Other people will toss and turn the night over as they struggle to wake up from a nightmare that seems all too real. But [...]

Friday, May 8th, 2009

How to Make Every Minute of Your Life Meaningful

photo credit: Desirée Delgado
“My religion is to live and die without regret.” – Milarepa
Something that scares me more than anything else is dying with regret. I don’t want to look back on my younger years wishing I had done something differently or wishing that I hadn’t hurt this or that person. Regret scares me. [...]