The Art of Being Happy - Buddha's Guide To Modern Living
Peace comes from within. Do not seek outside. ~ Buddha
Unlock ancient secrets for modern happiness with The Art of Being Happy.
Straight from the tranquil Jethavanarama Buddhist Monastery, Sri Lanka, this podcast offers simple, practical insights drawn from timeless Buddhist wisdom.
Learn to navigate life's challenges, reduce stress, and discover lasting joy in everyday moments with this talk series.
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Episodes
45 episodes
Unseen Value, Endless Gratitude
It is easy to measure the worth of things that come with a price tag, yet the most transformative forces in our lives, love, affection, and gentle acts of kindness, cost nothing at all. Because they are offered freely, we often let them slip in...
Enjoy Yet Remain Detached
True peace isn't about packing your bags or walking away from the world. It’s an inner shift. You can have a thriving career, a happening social life, and deep relationships, yet a single unexpected moment can strip away your joy if your mind i...
Beyond Expectation, Beyond Fear
We trade peace for possession, tethering our happiness to things and people we cannot truly control. The moment a desire takes root, it creates a conditional state of being. If we fail to acquire what we crave, we sink into grief; if we succeed...
Own Your Inner Realm
Suffering often arises when we tether our emotional state to external outcomes, shifting circumstances, or the actions of others. When a loved one is lost or expectations fall apart, the pain is real, but prolonged suffering stems from letting ...
Master Yourself, Not Others
Blaming someone else’s harsh words for your lost composure is an easy trap to fall into, but it hands the steering wheel of your emotions directly to them. Shifting your focus away from controlling other people's speech and onto building your o...
Nirvana Is Right Here
You don't need to abandon your responsibilities or make drastic life changes to find peace. The duties, relationships, and daily obligations you carry aren't obstacles to fulfillment; they are the exact canvas upon which it happens. Real freedo...
Shift Within, Live True.
True personal growth begins the moment you stop chasing external validation and start turning your attention inward. While your internal compass has shifted, the people, workplaces, and societal systems in your life may still expect you to show...
Stop Settling. Start Impacting.
Being born human is an extraordinary opportunity, yet so much of our existence is spent navigating life on autopilot. While difficulty and circumstance are inevitable, settling for passive suffering is never required. True humanness begins the ...
Escape the Mind's Cage
You are not the architect of your desires; you are the blueprint of your surroundings. From the habits you repeat to the thoughts that drift through your head, your mind is constantly being sculpted by the invisible hands of your environment. T...
Joy Lives Within You
We often think things outside of us make us happy. But objects, places, and even people change over time. When we rely on the outside world for joy, our happiness comes and goes just as quickly as those things change. Real happiness...
Rich Minds Need Nothing
Taming the mind to relinquish desire does not mean living in a void; it means breaking the exhausting cycle of fleeting highs and inevitable lows. When you cease being a hostage to your wants, you reclaim the ultimate power: absolute freedom of...
Home Shapes the Soul
Children mirror the environment you create. While it is natural to use punishment out of love to guide them, true discipline avoids inflicting mutual suffering. Instead of imposing external consequences, focus on cultivating their innate discer...
Craving the Prize or the Chase?
We rarely desire things for what they truly are; we desire them for how easily they can slip away. Human psychology is hardwired to equate scarcity with value. When an object or person is securely ours, the mind settles into comfortable indiffe...
Shift Perception, Find Joy
Every experience you have is just a series of fleeting mind moments, arising and passing away like waves on the shore. Suffering only takes root when we try to grasp these passing waves, forgetting that attachment is an optional anchor we choos...
Is Uniqueness the Truth or An Illusion?
You like to stand out from the crowd; you practically strive to identify yourself unique. So, what happens in the circumstances you can't identify yourself as unique anymore? Trying to be identified as unique at all times is nothing but your mi...
True Happiness Starts Within
Happiness is nothing but a state of mind, which is free from suffering. Start thinking beyond “I”, “Me” and “Mine” and stop internalising the pain that you feel due to external objects, people and circumstances. Unless you can objectify sufferi...
Becoming a True Buddhist
The core of Buddhist philosophy is how much you have transformed from being a person who suffer to a person who doesn't. If you still suffer, your inner transformation is yet to be complete. If you don't know what to do when you suffer, you hav...
The Attitude of Abundance
All the time, you are reminded of the past; all the time, you are worried about the future. In turn, all the time, you suffer, knowingly or unknowingly. But, is human life all about suffering? No, it’s actually a lease of life, an opportunity g...
Re-evaluate & Relearn How to Work with Nature
Nature is all you have; it's your home, and you need to learn to live peacefully at home. Every encounter you have with nature, you need to ask what you need from nature. And you are served exactly what you ask for! So, the n...
Get the Philosophy of Happiness Right
If happiness needs to be maintained, sustained, and strived for, don’t you think it will exhaust you one day? You seem to exchange everything you own for nothing. At least, nothing that lasts. Things or people who make you happy today may cease...
Love Without “Ifs”
Let’s face the fact that no one loves you the way you are. In any relationship, there are ifs, buts and conditions. So, all your life, you try to keep the face, try to fit in and adhere to others’ expectations, just to feel loved. You strive to...
The Broken Philosophy of Happiness
We have always known happiness that comes at a price or suffering. We have all experienced good days and bad days. The worse the bad days are, the better the good days are. We believe that there is no happiness without suffering. We have been c...
The Cost of Pursuing Your Desires
Just like the weather, desire changes. Today you may desire something and put your time, energy and resources into fulfilling it. Yet, once the desire changes or wanes, you feel disheartened and hop onto the next thing you desire. ...