What is happiness in Buddhism

Also, if I were to explain a little more, the cause of suffering is anguish.
If you get rid of this worry, the pain will go away.
Conversely, if you don't lose your worries, your suffering won't go away.
A state where anxiety is completely gone is called nirvana (or Buddha).
This nirvana is “happiness” in Buddhism.
Obtaining nirvana (becoming a Buddha) is the purpose of Buddhism, and it is the supreme happiness.

Happiness in Buddhism is attaining nirvana, and the way of nirvana is very different between Theravada Buddhism (so-called Theravada Buddhism) and Mahayana Buddhism. In Theravada Buddhism, the ideal state of nirvana is the state of nirvana, but in Mahayana Buddhism, it is said that the ideal state of nirvana is “unabated nirvana” (nirvana that does not stay in the world of life or death (world of confusion), but also does not enter the world of nirvana (world of enlightenment). In my opinion, Theravada Buddhism is “static” Buddhism, while Mahayana Buddhism is “dynamic” Buddhism. Also, I think many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appear in Mahayana Buddhism precisely because they are “dynamic.”

Zensyu-sama

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is a humble answer to the question.

Of course, “happiness” in Buddhism means no suffering or hesitation, but it has a different meaning from “happiness” in the world.

I have answered the following questions before, but “happiness” in Buddhism is not “happiness” that satisfies our normal worldly and worldly desires, but “ultimate happiness” called “a state of nirvana and enlightenment.”

Question “What is happiness?”
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Question “What is happiness?”
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Also, in the basic way of thinking in Buddhism, there is the word “extracuraku yoraku” (bakuyoraku), which means “to remove suffering and give happiness.”

“Easy” in this case also means comfort, peace of mind, and happiness; in other words, this is also a “state of nirvana and enlightenment.”

The Buddha and the Bodhisattvas are shown pity for sentient beings who are lost and suffering in reincarnation, that is, to be able to remove suffering from thoughts of great sorrow, and to be able to give comfort to sentient beings out of compassion and love for sentient beings.

Through sutras, commentaries and treatises by the wise and mercy of the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas, and teachings from our forefathers, etc., we want to learn and practice the numerous teachings of the Buddha and Bodhisattva, and work hard step by step towards nirvana and enlightenment.

Of course, as described in the Heart Sutra, it is a “sky” where neither suffering, happiness, ease, mercy, wisdom, nor nirvana or enlightenment are entities, but they are each made up of “good fortune.”

By firmly understanding the circumstances of each cause and effect, you will be able to walk a definite path of Buddhism. Let's work hard together.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho