happiness begins within - The Buddhist Way to  

So people should stop pursuing external achievements, such as wealth, beauty and status, instead connect with their inner feelings.
"happiness begins within".
Buddha agreed with modern biology and with modern new age movements that happiness is independent of external conditions.
Yet, It's more important and far more profound insight was that true happiness is also independent of our inner feelings.
Indeed the most significant that we give to our inner feelings the more we crave for them and the more we suffer.
The basic recommendation of Buddhism is not merely to slow down the pursuit of external achievements but above all to slow down the pursuit of inner feelings.
Maybe it isn't so important whether people enjoy pleasant feelings and whether people feel that their life has meaning.
Yuval Noah Harari - The Buddhist Way to Happiness

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