In a podcast called “Pursing Happiness” from NPR on December 29, 2012 there was four religious leaders from Buddhism, Judism, Christian, and Islam. Their names are the Dalai Lama, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain Jonathan Sacks referred to as Rabbi Sacks, Episcopalian Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori referred to as Bishop Schori, and Muslim scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr referred to as Dr. Nasr. They answer questions about finding, achieving, and practice happiness.
A person can handle suffering by being happy and the Dalai Lama, Rabbi Sacks, Bishop Schori, and Dr.Nasr tell about it in similar ways. First the Dalai Lama explains when tragic things happen you can look at it with a different angle and find the positives out of the negative situation. …show more content…
First Dalai Lama defines happiness as a goal one must strive to achieve to create happiness from within. The Dalai Lama discourages the statement in the US constitution of happiness as a law and right rather that it is a goal. He says we can achieve happiness by create it inside of ourselves and within the family. Secondly Rabbi Sacke says we should not focus on pursing happiness rather let it happen. According to Rabbi Sacke you can find happiness when you least expected it. Next Bishop Schori defines happiness as a “duty, and a duty not just to one's self, but to the whole community, to the whole of creation” happiness is not a right. Lastly Dr. Nasr says happiness is in terms of spiritual beauty and there is a deep connection between the two. A happy person is someone who realized inner beauty according to Bishop …show more content…
The other three religions share there faiths way of promoting calmness and peace of mind. First Dr Nasr states Islam’s practice five daily prayers to promote calmness and peace of mind. They do this to have time to pull them away from the busyness of the word around them. Five daily prayers are good for the soul, body, and for setting aside time in a fast paced world. Next Rabbi Sacks speaks about how in Judaism all the religious traditions are a form of meditation and he focus on the act of prayer. Rabbi Sacks himself prays three times a day for thankfulness, confession, to be in the presence of the greater being, and he reads from the Psalms. Then Bishop Schori tells of Christianity meditation through prayers with images, awareness, and emptying prayers. Along with counting blessings evert day to be reminded of God’s