What is happiness? (Buddhism, Buddhism, taoism)

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by Diogenes

Happiness is a smile that shines out of those I love. A smile that shines out of their soul and is not another formality.

How would you be able to distinguish between the genuine and the fake?

[Diogenes]

I tend to look in thier eyes. "The eyes are the windows of the soul." A smile can be duplicitous, but the eyes tell the whole tale.

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by Diogenes

I tend to look in thier eyes. "The eyes are the windows of the soul." A smile can be duplicitous, but the eyes tell the whole tale.

This sounds exceedingly romantic, in the chimerical sense.
Are you serious?

[Diogenes]

I would say that I was quite serious and quite romantic in the most chivalrous sense. "To me it is quite clear that those are giants, and I am about to engage them in deadly combat." (Don Quixote)

[Francine]

Originally Posted by robtex

Tao=the way not as "nothingness".

Tao = the way water flows.

Water nourishes everything. When when it roars down the mountain it carries everything away without a thought. Water doesn't ponder what is necessary. It simply flows, trickles, pours, or sits. It doesn't find enjoyment in nature nor try to go into seclusion. It seeks its own level, in the swamps or in town. Water is simply all around.

[Somkid]

Free from attachment, desire and illusion I am happy in my own way but I don't don't think many people can understand the practical side of this only the theoretical side.

[Francine]

Originally Posted by Somkid

Free from attachment, desire and illusion I am happy in my own way but I don't don't think many people can understand the practical side of this only the theoretical side.

TTC 71

Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.

The Master is her own physician.
She has healed herself of all knowing.
Thus she is truly whole.

[Somkid]

Originally Posted by Francine

TTC 71

Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.

The Master is her own physician.
She has healed herself of all knowing.
Thus she is truly whole.

It is most refreshing to see someone that truly understands where I am coming from, thank you once again.

[Francine]

Originally Posted by Somkid

It is most refreshing to see someone that truly understands where I am coming from, thank you once again.

This is a strange forum. I came in here and bumped up against two Mormons, a Catholic, and a Muslim, and then I turned to the Taoism forum to hang with my homies and the place seemed empty, so I started posting stuff as an idle gesture, nothing from nothing, and now I'm getting folks coming out of the woodwork. Effortless action. At any rate, happy new year, I'm going to bed early.

[Somkid]

I'm a Chan Buddhist which is mixed with Tao most people don't get it including many other Buddhists, I like to refer to it as Buddhism light.