In the Elephant’s Footprint

In the Elephant?s Footprint is the transcriptions of three talks held at the Palelai Buddhist Temple in Singapore December 15-17, 2017. The topics are The Wisdom of Good, The Skills of Concentration and The Judgments of Insight.
It used to be that people thought that Buddhism was very pessimistic and talked about nothing but suffering, suffering, suffering. Nowadays, though, people are beginning to realize that the Buddha was actually talking about happiness. He talked about suffering because he wanted people to understand that there is suffering in life but that it?s also possible to find happiness in spite of the suffering. In fact, his teachings are all aimed at happiness. It?s just that we have to comprehend suffering before we can find a happiness that?s genuine and true.
The Buddha actually taught something much more daring and of much greater value, which is there is a happiness that we can attain through our efforts, something that?s not dependent on conditions; something that lies beyond the normal pleasures that come and go, a happiness that doesn?t change. The happiness he actually teaches is something that lies deeper in the heart.