Everyone needs to practice, but not everyone realises it.
Why? Because even if they are happy right now, their happiness
is impermanent, and they will eventually suffer again. They also
cannot escape birth and death and the agony of death and sickness
and loss, etc. They cannot escape from the wheel of suffering in
samsara, and the cycle of rebirth.
And some practice Buddhism with the aim of feeling better in
this life. That is no better than chasing for worldly benefits for
this lifetime. It is a very limited vision.
As a teacher said,
Whoever is attached to a result for this life, is not a
Dharma person.
The purpose of Dharma is liberation, not feeling better
in this life. The purpose of Dharma is not the cultivation of
mundane compassion, and so on.
The purpose of Dharma is to control afflictions, then overcome
them, and finally, to attain a state of total omniscience and
freedom.
~ Loppon Namdrol
happiness is impermanent, yes, but i think mature people could
remember his happiness, forget unhappiness, and try to avoid
unhappiness in the future, though some are unavoidable, like
death,
But as long as i enjoy a happy life in this countable life, i
think it's enough,for some people, satisfy their desire maybe
happy, but it's not true for me, after long time suffering in
university, i happen to succeed pulling me out of this suffering,
so in the future, no matter what i do, the first concern is always
does this make me happy, and it's also one important criteria on
how i will choose my job, many people have been dazzled by desire,
they always want to earn more money, but they forget , earning more
money, is trying to make your life better, after they realise that,
they are already old, fat, and unhealthy, so i gonna to set some
meaning in my life, i will do decent job, marry, have a baby, try
every thing in this life could bring me happiness, i never believe
such rebirth thing, i think it's an expedient way to teaching, so i
gonna do meaningful thing in this life, don't care about next life,
even there is a next life, as long as i do right in this life, i
will get blessed in next life,
But i don't feel only meditation is the path, like i said
烦恼是菩提，so when a person is happy, he should just enjoyed it, and
make the happiness sustainable, note ,i am not talking about
desire, it's happy,
Like i said is what you do defines you, even you meditate a lot
you don't do good in life ,it's no use, so first you should make
your parent happy, r you filial, r you obedient, it's mutual thing,
if you happen to be borned in a not-so-good family, it's another
thing,
