shderz@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHappinesssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down168
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minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down8·2 days agoBuddhism teaches that wanting causes suffering. Happiness can be achieved when we stop wanting and start existing as we are. The comic punchline is that by getting rid of “want” then all we are left with is happiness.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·1 day agoI want to eat I want to have shelter You know… I don’t think it really works for all things.
minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·1 day agoThose things aren’t emotional states.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 day agoNo, but they do have an effect on emotional states.
Buddhism teaches that wanting causes suffering. Happiness can be achieved when we stop wanting and start existing as we are.
The comic punchline is that by getting rid of “want” then all we are left with is happiness.
I
want toeatI
want tohave shelterYou know… I don’t think it really works for all things.
Those things aren’t emotional states.
No, but they do have an effect on emotional states.