Load the Pocket: 6 Buddhist Life Lessons To Fill Your Day With Happiness

It’s a blessing you woke up. Most people don’t.

The news flooded the town of Lumbini in the 6th century.

The news was about the birth of the son of Suddhodana’s — King.

Before Buddha was born, Suddhodana (father) was warned that this child would change everyone’s life. His popularity and sanctity will determine his fate.

Hearing that, the father got frightened.

He didn’t want his son to face worldly matters by becoming a holy man. So, he took some measures:

• Didn’t let Buddha learn religious teachings
• Built (three) palaces for him

The palaces had all the luxuries for him. Buddha was isolated and home-schooled.

But one fine day, he escaped.

Buddha saw the world at the age of 29. The first things he saw that changed his life were:

• An old man
• Corpse
• Sick man

Seeing the crooked world, Buddha was upset. That’s when he decided to go on a personal journey and find answers to the suffering of humanity.

During this time, Buddha uncovered many secrets. But his top priority was to remain calm and happy when uncovering the reasons.

Below are a bundle of quotes from Buddha to fill your life with happiness.

Let’s get started!

1. Dust off fears

Buddha agrees that (nothing) is easy.

But living in fear and having problems are two different things.

Here’s how:

• Fear is of the unknown

Most people have fears about subjects that never happened. You can only solve problems that exist.

• Fear does not exist
• Fear only plays with our minds to create scenarios

Buddha guided:

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.”

Think this way: Buddha spent most of his life living in isolation. But he never feared embracing his natural side of holiness.

Even though Buddha was never taught about spiritual matters, over time, he learned it.

Buddha guides us to escape from uncertain thoughts. Everything in this life can change. Buddha is an example.

Don’t build reactions in your mind. A man can do anything he desires. But fear is a two-way pointed sword.

2. Don’t judge

We all know someone who is a

• Know-it-all
• Judges everyone
• Has an opinion about everything

Listen to me: When you spot these habits in anyone, run from them. I repeat, run.

Buddha believes:

“People with opinions just go around bothering one another.”

No one is a master of the universe. Having an opinion about something is just as bad as eating overbaked toast.

Besides, things that occur in daily life’s matrix are above a normal human’s understanding point.

• Having an opinion is like challenging God.

Instead, be relaxed. Whatever happens, happens with God’s will.

It’s okay to find answers to your problems. As Buddha did sitting under a Bodhi tree, he refused to jolt until he figured out his hardcore problems.

In short, root for options that can help you:

• Solve problems
• Help understand

Having opinions about everything makes you look like a fool. A human can never know everything.

3. Search within

In search of answers, Buddha never stopped until he was 80.

He had the same routine:

• Spend time under Bodhi’s tree for answers.

Time by time, more people started joining him in his enlightenment journey. One question that amazes everyone is how happy he was when he only spent time meditating.

To which Buddha replies:

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

Peace and enjoyment come from within.

A kind person doesn’t have to go all the way and perform kindness. His kindness should be embedded in his lifestyle.

We humans don’t have to pretend to be: calm, enjoy, have fun, and have peace.

These attributes should be embedded in our daily lifestyle.

Our inside weeps with the suffering of daily life. Listen to your heart and soul. Feed it well and listen to it.

• Our soul is the prisoner of our body.

Just like Buddha was once.

Listen to it. None who ever listened to its soul regretted it.

4. There’s no final destination

We, humans, have a unique problem:

• We are not ready for easy solutions

The world has taught us that solutions are difficult. That’s wrong. Buddha says:

“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”

In other words, there’s no shortcut to happiness, but happiness is the shortcut to everything.

The solution is right beside us: be happy.

If you:

• Are sad
• Have financial problems
• Have nobody to love you
• Feel alone

… be happy.

Buddha is a mixture of the word “Bu,” which means Buddhi or intellect. An intellectual person is the glummest. But Buddha knew how to manage his suffering.

If it hurts to see the world, take your lenses once in a while.

Happiness and fear are like two sides of the same coin. They both let you see things that, hmmm, don’t exist.

The right method to use fear is to use its brother, happiness.

Everything is going fine, and happy, and your life is full of contentment. Believe good, and good shall come your way.

5. Rebirth

Young Buddha was the prince charming with lots of wealth, palaces, and pleasure at his disposal.

One day, when Gautama decided to take visitors around the town and went into emotional turmoil.

He never dreamt of a world full of people who were ill. People are losing their loved ones.

These things deeply saddened Buddha. He wanted a solution. Perhaps, to live life to the fullest,

He expressed:

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

Take every day as a birthday and a death day. Instead of 80 years, we have 24 hours:

What is changed? Probably everything.

The above opinion can bring drastic effects (when applied):

• Blow a spirit inside weak people
• People will make no mistakes
• People will be kind
• The world will be at peace
• There’d be no harsh talk

Each day is a new beginning. We don’t realize it, but our body knows.

Each day, new cells replace in our bodies. Our body celebrates it, so why don’t we?

Most people are searching for rebirth when the concept is right in front of them — we’re reborn again — every day.

Every day is unique. It’s a blessing you woke up. Most people don’t.

6. Stay away from regrets

Buddha’s teaching is known as “Dharma.”

History.com writes:

“All Buddhist follow noble truths. The most important one is:

The fact of the path that frees us from suffering (magga)”

Buddhist concepts are all about suffering and why humans are hurt. So what is the path that frees us from suffering?

Magga, the eightfold path, is the cure to end suffering.

The eight-fold path includes:

• Right view
• Right mindfulness
• Right Speech
• Right action
• Right concentration
• Right effort
• Right livelihood

When a person uses the eightfold method, he finds a cure for his sorrows, also known as “Nibanna.”

So, you see, problems are with everything. By using “right,” we can end problems in our life.

Buddha guides us to apply this teaching daily and absorb the eightfold method.

This 8-fold method is a mixture of freedom, latitude, ethics, wisdom, and meditation. Buddhists, for many years, have followed this method when searching for a job. They believe life is complete without being a teacher who practices.

Some noble professions for Buddhists are “teachers.”

As Buddha believes:

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way and not starting.”

Final thoughts:

Buddha spent a simple life: he ate rice, drank water, meditated, and bathed in the river.

Living this life was a mere disaster for a person who had wonders of the world at his disposal.

But Buddha proves that nothing is difficult.

So if you read this difficult article, you’re one step ahead in following Buddha’s wisdom.

So he had his rice, drank water, and bathed in the river.

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