Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Ani Tenzin Palmo https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/ani-tenzin-palmo/ Free Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:20:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-fsge-logo-32x32.png Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Ani Tenzin Palmo https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/ani-tenzin-palmo/ 32 32 Happiness https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/happiness-buddhist-zen-story-by-ani-tenzin-palmo/ Thu, 04 May 2017 15:19:51 +0000 http://www.spiritual-short-stories.com/?p=9666 “Once I was staying with my mother in London. At the time she was the housekeeper for a very wealthy Canadian who lived in a luxury flat just off Hyde Park. They all went off for a while, and I had the flat to myself. There I was in London, living in this luxurious flat with two huge color television sets and all the food I could possibly eat! I had enough money for whatever I wanted, lots of records, lots of everything. But I was so bored! I told myself, “Please remember this. If you are ever tempted to think that physical comfort gives happiness, remember this.” But then, another time I was staying in a cave, not my cave but another cave, which was very small. It was so small that you couldn't stand up in it, with a tiny box you could only just sit in, and that was the bed as well. It was full of fleas, so I was covered in flea bites. You had to go half a mile down a very steep track to bring up water. There was also almost no food at all, and it was hot. But I was in bliss. I was so happy. It was a very holy place, and the people there were wonderful. Although from a physical point of view the situation was difficult, so what! The mind was happy. I remember that whole place as being bathed in golden light. Do you see what I mean?” Ani Tenzin Palmo, from “Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism' If you'd like to bring more happiness into your life, click here to download your free '18 Rules of Happiness' eBook. You'll also get to choose a free guided hypnosis audio. 🙂

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]]> “Once I was staying with my mother in London. At the time she was the housekeeper for a very wealthy Canadian who lived in a luxury flat just off Hyde Park. They all went off for a while, and I had the flat to myself. There I was in London, living in this luxurious flat with two huge color television sets and all the food I could possibly eat! I had enough money for whatever I wanted, lots of records, lots of everything. But I was so bored!
I told myself, “Please remember this. If you are ever tempted to think that physical comfort gives happiness, remember this.”

But then, another time I was staying in a cave, not my cave but another cave, which was very small. It was so small that you couldn't stand up in it, with a tiny box you could only just sit in, and that was the bed as well. It was full of fleas, so I was covered in flea bites. You had to go half a mile down a very steep track to bring up water. There was also almost no food at all, and it was hot. But I was in bliss. I was so happy. It was a very holy place, and the people there were wonderful. Although from a physical point of view the situation was difficult, so what! The mind was happy. I remember that whole place as being bathed in golden light. Do you see what I mean?”

Ani Tenzin Palmo, from “Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism'

If you'd like to bring more happiness into your life, click here to download your free '18 Rules of Happiness' eBook. You'll also get to choose a free guided hypnosis audio. 🙂

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