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EPISODE · Sep 18, 2018 · 38 MIN

S1 Ep28: "Seeking for Happiness Brings Unhappiness" by Jacqui James

from The House of Inner Tranquillity Podcast · host The House of Inner Tranquillity Podcast

Seeking is craving. If you seek calm, all you get is turmoil. If you seek wisdom, all you get is stupidity. You need to learn how to abandon the search for happiness. When you finally stop seeking, then, and only then, can happiness visit you.Jacqui James was a Buddhist Insight meditation teacher and the co-founder of the House of Inner Tranquillity. Jacqui passed away in 1989, aged only 42.  This talk was given in December 1987

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