How old were you when you realised that things won't make you happy?

It's literally true though. You just need to shake the idea that "pleasure" always equals "immediate gratification"

A happy life is one that gives you a constant feed of pleasure from your past and present actions

Now i know why junkies are the happiest people on earth.

>tfw too enlightened to reply to this idiot

Ive been having trouble reading lately but I'm starting to do it again, its hard though. I intend to read books about buddhist and taoist philosophy once I read a couple of fiction novels

"happiness" in this context means "free from pain or suffering", not "pleasure"

pleasure is never free because it always leads to pain or suffering in one way or another, usually through "desire"

I think around 19 or so
Wish I had realized it younger but better than nothing

good post

Saw a Buddhist monk on the National Mall the other day with a brand new iPhone 7+ and new Teva sandals, and was rocking some secret bling under his robes.

If you had an unlimited supply of those drugs and continual use of them didn't create side effects that outweighed the pleasure of the drug, then yes they would be extremely happy. However in real life they are not, as any moment they aren't high they experience withdrawal and negative side effects and whatnot

dumbass americans think "enlightenment" exists

youtube.com/watch?v=L_30JzRGDHI

23. Financial independence, good social network, loving partner, and love for your career will make you happy. I have none of those now but hope to soon.

Nothing in this material world will ever satisfy you. Your future desires are just like the false promise of a mirage.

Hahaha! I bumped into that guy too! Did you catch Zhuang, the Tibetan protester with the huge anti-CCP sign?

>all ways of gaining pleasure are equally "pure"
>he is a moral relativist
I gain pleasure from beiting up sissies like you! I am as pure as a monk?
I gain pleasure from executing millions of white people! I am as pure as the buddha.

Prove those statements wrong

Everyone should just watch Yuttadhammo.
He's been corrupted by online fame in recent years but his early vids (how to meditate, ask a monk, (early) monk radio) are still great.
Please remember that meditating (correctly) is much more important than reading the texts.
I too should start again, nothing more effay than the confidence and self-assuredness it brings.
youtube.com/user/yuttadhammo/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=grid

i have been doing loving kindness meditation for a while and i think it made me happier. im also a little better with people i think. there is a study that suggests lkm increased positive feelings.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156028/

>I too should start again, nothing more effay than the confidence and self-assuredness it brings.
he thinks meditation gives these things
m8 thats not how it works

I know from experience that it does.
If it doesn't for you, you either don't have enough theoretical background, did the wrong kind of meditation or have other factors holding you back. I was never more confident, competent and self-assured than when I did multiple hours of vipasana meditation on a daily basis.

>what is the law of diminishing returns
neurology doesn't work that way, mate. eventually you'd get used to it, no matter how pleasureful it is

*tips fedora*

There is nothing more fedora than thinking that you are enlightened and feeling superior to those who are okay with carnal pleasures

Of course, but that's a separate point. You could just continue upping the dosage if you had an unlimited supply anyways

You can't know you're wrong unless you actually do those things

Godspeed user

>The happiest are those who indiscriminately seek all kinds of pleasure

I don't think this is right.