【Reflecting on your Future Life】- happiest among all kinds of happiness

【The Friendly Letter:291
Just as among all kinds of happiness
The cessation of craving is the king of happinesses, [124] 】

It says among all kinds of happiness, which is the happiest? “The cessation of craving” is the happiest among all kinds of happiness. What is the cessation of craving? Na, that means if we can really eliminate our cravings, this is the happiest kind of happiness. Thus, we would often talk about emptiness, emptiness, emptiness. I don’t really like to talk about emptiness to those who just started learning Buddhism, [but instead] I prefer to tell them about happiness derived from suffering. Precisely due to your needs of happiness derived from suffering, you have to practice. The greatest happiness is to be rid of, to be purified of all of our cravings of the mundane world, the happiness of the three worlds. This happiness is the cessation of craving, it is then the happiest. This is it. But what does it depend on? Cultivation! Therefore, though you have a little hardship now, yes, the happiness you will obtain in the future is incredible. Cultivation is just like this. You have to invest some capital now! You may put down one hundred thousand or eighty thousand now but your return in the future will be immeasurable. If you don’t cultivate, for the happiness you obtain now, ah, if it can be measured, you would have [only] obtained three hundred or five hundred. However, the cost you will pay for this, ah, immeasurable! This is what we should understand.

SOURCE 来源 :

41B 08’32” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P23 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P169

日常师父法语📡41B 08’32” 手抄稿第6册P23 L6

三恶趣苦 : 快乐当中最最快乐的事

【《亲友书》云：“如于一切安乐中，永尽诸爱为乐主，】

说所有的快乐当中，什么最快乐？“永尽诸爱”，这个是快乐当中最最快乐的事。什么是永尽诸爱啊？哪！就是我们如果能够把我们的贪爱，能够真正地贪爱去掉了，这个快乐才是最最快乐。所以呀我们常常说空空空，刚开始修学佛法的人我不大欢喜讲空的，我还是讲苦乐。正因为你要苦乐，你要修行，最最大的快乐，就是把我们世间的贪着，三世间的快乐统统去掉了，净除掉了，这个快乐才是永尽诸爱，这个最最安乐的，才是这个。靠什么？修行啊！所以你眼前啊虽然苦一点，是的，将来得到的快乐可是不得了，修行这个事情，就是这样。眼前是你要花本钱的哟！你花个十万八万本钱，将来得到那个代价呀是无量无边；不修行呢，眼前得到的快乐的，哎哟，得到的快乐假定说可以衡量的话，得到三佰、伍佰，付出来的代价，哎呀，无量无边！这是我们现在应该了解的。