{"id":5762,"date":"2024-05-28T23:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2025-03-16T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:43:04","slug":"to-live-ethic-life-to-have-peaceful-heart-thubten-chodron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/to-live-ethic-life-to-have-peaceful-heart-thubten-chodron\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Live an Ethical Life to Have a Peaceful Heart\" by Ven. Thubten Chodron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">Ven. Thubten Chodron shared this teaching with us when we asked her what happiness meant to her.<br>\nHer usual gentleness combined with great clarity makes her Dharma talk very effective and comprehensible to everyone.<br>\nShe began by reminding us that the happiness derived from sense objects is only apparent, dependent on uncontrollable and impermanent things, and ensnares us in the destructive, endless paradigm of <em>I want more and better<\/em>.<br>\nAccording to the words of the Buddha, it is possible to see that happiness comes from two factors: having a peaceful mind and a purpose in life.<br>\nShe spoke about her personal experience: \"When I act according to my values and my principles, when I live an ethical life, my heart is at peace.\"<br>\nShe then explained how, from a Buddhist perspective, living according to one's values generates a sense of inner peace and kindness towards others, corresponding to the feeling one gets from connecting with them and thereby making a positive difference in someone's life. She emphasized that this very feeling can be our fulfillment.<br>\nAdditionally, having a sense of scope that contributes positively to society brings good feelings to the heart, even if it is a small act or a single moment.<br>\nTherefore, a deep sense of fulfillment comes from having a purpose that goes beyond one's own limited well-being and contributes to the well-being of others.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting in an ethical way, living according to our values and principles caring about other people, opening our hearts to other people brings the sense of purpose, it brings a sense of peace and it creates happiness for not only others but also ourselves.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editoriale"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5762"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5765,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762\/revisions\/5765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}