真正的快樂是什麼？What is the true happiness?

【弟子提問】

真正的快樂是什麼？ 是財富、地位、工作中長期目標達成？身體健康、家人快樂、真愛、能不失眠、長壽等等嗎？ 但這些快樂都是短暫及變化無常的。 要如何能有真正的快樂呢？

【仁波切開示】

    真正的快樂是內心的平靜！ 而內心要平靜則須內心與外在行為一致，也就是「表裏一致」。 唯有如此，自己才能有「究竟的喜悅」。

    一般人很容易從他人外在的行為及現象來立即判斷別人的過失，然而自己內心的想法，卻不知犯了多少的菩薩戒！ 只因為別人無法看穿自己內心的想法，以至於無法批評自己的過失。 如此的內外矛盾，是無法給自己帶來真正的快樂。

    大家多努力修行及修心，少批評別人、多反省自己行為、多行持菩薩行，真正的快樂則會自然而然的成為生活的一部份了。

【 Question 】

How to achieve happiness?  Is it being rich, being healthy?  Or getting a true love?  Or having long life or able to sleep well etc?  But all these things only achieve short time happiness and things change again and impermanent. 

【 Answer 】

The true happiness is having internal peace.  To achieve it, the innermost thoughts and the outside action should be matched all the time and with no conflicts at all. 

Most people are very good at showing outside behavior in niceness, but in their hearts of hearts thoughts are not matching with their behavior.  With those conflicts, the person can't never achieve mind peaceful. Therefore, it is hard to get the true happiness. 

Khentrul Rinpoche urges disciples not only watch out our behavior and thoughts , but also more focus on our Buddhism practices.  Remember that you should not spend time on criticizing people.  If we always try our best to follow bodhisattva thoughts and behavior , then naturally the happiness will become part of our life.