Episode 106 - Creating Happiness and Peace

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Renunciation is not the same as giving up pleasure or denying ourselves happiness. It means giving up our unreal expectations about ordinary pleasures. These expectations themselves are what turn pleasure into pain.” —Lama Yeshe</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is it is real cause of happiness?</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Does it cause unwanted side effects?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Every time we turn to it for pleasure does it make us happy?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Does it bring peace</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Does it set us up for disappointment or pain?</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you answer yes to 1 and 4 or no to 2 and 3, it can’t be a real cause of happiness. </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Not by means of shaven head</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">     Does someone dishonest and undisciplined </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Become a renunciant.</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">     How could someone filled with longing and greed</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">     Be a renunciant?</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Someone who has pacified evil,</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">     Small and great,</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In every way,</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Is, for that reason