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Let us live happily, without hate amongst those who hate. Let us dwell unhating amidst hateful men.... Let us live happily, we who have no impediments...

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Let Us Live Happily

Topic: Joy & Happiness

“Let us live happily, without hate amongst those who hate. Let us dwell unhating amidst hateful men.
Let us live happily, in good health amongst those who are sick. Let us dwell in good health amidst ailing men.
Let us live happily, without yearning for sensual pleasures amongst those who yearn for them. Let us dwell without yearning amidst those who yearn.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.”


Buddhism
Dhammapada

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, pp. 134-35 [Dhammapada 197-200].

Dhammapada 197-200

The search for joy doesn’t mean we ignore suffering or treat too lightly our real circumstance. It just means that we honor our true identity as God’s sons and daughters who were created for joy. We have to recognize that without carving out time and space for joy in our lives, regardless of our circumstances, we cannot be fulfilled.

–Heather Thalheimer [Faith Fusion, How Many Times Did You Laugh Today?].

Resources

  • Faith Fusion website

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