Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Buddha

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  Pushkin.

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  One of the biggest lies our minds tell us is that happiness will be ours

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  if we can just get the next thing we really want.

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  That if we only got that new promotion or that new love interest or that new outfit,

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  then we'd finally be eternally happy.

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  I mean, it's true that all of those things will give us some joy,

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  but the effects are more fleeting than we think.

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  Many things we yearn and strive for are fragile.

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  Dresses rip, companies fold, lovers leave, or die.

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  That means we end up grieving for the happiness we've lost and thirsting for something new yet again.

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  There are good reasons rooted in evolution for all this constant striving,

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  but it comes at an emotional cost, and it's the root of lots of heartache and suffering.

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  So in this final episode of our historical mini-season, We're reaching way,

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  way back in time to a thinker who recognized the sadness that hunger,

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  yearning, and loss can bring, and one who also offered us a way to deal with the pain.

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  Today, we're turning to the Buddha.

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  Welcome back to Happiness Lessons of the Ancients with me, Dr.

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  Larry Santos.

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  Oh, man, I don't know if I can do a quick Buddha 101.

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  I love telling and retelling the story of the Buddha.

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