The Web of Life

Happiness is undoubtedly the most desirable state of being we all strive to achieve. Thus, every human being is continuously engaged in one experiment after the other in their own ways to experience new ways to attain fulfilling happiness and increase its intensity for a longer-lasting effect. Therefore, one of life’s most rewarding endeavours has to be to spend time discovering, exploring and studying what the Buddha – the foremost authority on the mind, expounded on this topic. Join us on this series as we make a somewhat unorthodox exploration into the ‘Philosophy of Happiness’.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Paying homage to Lord Buddha

00:03:45 Are you free of fear?

00:12:49 Have freedom fighters achieved freedom?

00:17:17 Are you independent?

00:23:16 Does independence mean equality?

00:30:31 What is the real meaning of “Freedom of speech”?

00:35:28 Your world revolves around “Choices”

00:40:28 We are stuck with choices because we haven’t chosen freedom yet

00:45:35 Choosing your lifestyle

00:53:00 Does your freedom depend on everything around you?

01:00:41 You are responsible for the web that you weave for yourself!

01:14:27 It’s never too late to make the right choice

01:18:10 The junctions that you come across

01:22:05 When you decide to embrace the monkhood

01:27:36 The choice of freedom

01:32:55 The child is a node in the web of the parents

01:39:18 It is the "Sense of a self" rather than the "Self."

01:43:32 Buddha didn’t preach about the SELF!

01:52:23 The Dependent Origination of Játhi

02:00:47 Ignorance and attachment create this dark web

02:10:02 Your days are numbered! Comprehension of the dhamma is essential

02:17:45 Transfer of merits