About this episode
Kadam Adam Starr discusses the challenges of finding happiness amidst distractions and the importance of internal conditions for true happiness.
In this episode, Kadam Adam Starr explores why, even when we try to slow down, our minds remain busy and easily pulled into distraction. Reading from The New Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, he explains that although our deepest wish has always been to be happy and free from suffering, we often look for happiness only in external conditions, which leaves us feeling stressed… Source
People in this episode
Host: Kadam Adam Starr
Topics covered
- happiness
- distraction
- Buddhism
- self-improvement
- mental clarity
Keywords
- happiness
- distraction
- Buddhism
- self-improvement
- mental clarity
- suffering
- external conditions
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The New Eight Steps to Happiness
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