September 30, 2014
What Is Happiness to You?

Albert Schweitzer said, “Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” According to Mahatma Ghandi, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” And George Burns said, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

Photo: Clare Hollander

Photo: Clare Hollander

Definitions of happiness may in fact be infinite. Sangha News wants to know yours. What is happiness to you?

(See below for the responses from readers.)

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