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Happiness and Ourselves.
\nTHE WALKING MONK – Bhaktimarga Swami: This is my last full day in Canada, on a break-of-sorts, before I depart for America to reconvene the US Walk. It does get exciting knowing I\u2019ll be on the road again. It\u2019s when I\u2019m on that road, that I\u2019m the happiest and when I get the best rest. Yes, I had to say that insomnia hit again – now that I\u2019m not in full regimen. I\u2019m sure if a survey is done, you will find a good amount of people are not happy due to many reasons, one of them being economics- or lack of it. But many folks are unhappy with too much wealth, too!
\nI did do some research about happiness. It was interesting to find some stats about happiness. For instance, an article from a UK paper, The Huffington Post, maintained by author, Kathyrn Snowdon, found that religious people from all different faiths are happier than those who have \u2018no religion.\u2019 Of all the faiths in the UK, Hindus are the happiest, scoring well above the average and just under the demographic of people who consider themselves to be ‘in very good health\u2019 according to data compiled by the Office for National Statistics.
\nChristians of all denominations were the second happiest, followed by Sikhs and Buddhists.
\nIn a TED Talk with Matt Killingsworth, it was revealed that if you want to be happier then you ‘stay in the moment.\u2019
\nGallup had interviewed more than a million Americans since 2008, enough to map out happiness. And no surprise; on a state-wide level, Hawaii heads the top ten. But this isn\u2019t about good weather, because Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska, and Colorado are next. No southern state made the list.
\nOur guru, Srila Prabhupada, never conducted a survey on the topic of happiness, but he had proved that those who gave up bad habits and took to chanting became quite satisfied.
\n\u201cChant and be happy!\u201d he used to say.
\nMay the Source be with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Happiness and Ourselves.
\nTHE WALKING MONK – Bhaktimarga Swami: This is my last full day in Canada, on a break-of-sorts, before I depart for America to reconvene the US Walk. It does get exciting knowing I’ll be on the road again. It’s when I’m on that road, that I’m the happiest and when I get the best rest. Yes, I had to say that insomnia hit again – now that I’m not in full regimen. I’m sure if a survey is done, you will find a good amount of people are not happy due to many reasons, one of them being economics- or lack of it. But many folks are unhappy with too much wealth, too!
\nI did do some research about happiness. It was interesting to find some stats about happiness. For instance, an article from a UK paper, The Huffington Post, maintained by author, Kathyrn Snowdon, found that religious people from all different faiths are happier than those who have ‘no religion.’ Of all the faiths in the UK, Hindus are the happiest, scoring well above the average and just under the demographic of people who consider themselves to be ‘in very good health’ according to data compiled by the Office for National Statistics.
\nChristians of all denominations were the second happiest, followed by Sikhs and Buddhists.
\nIn a TED Talk with Matt Killingsworth, it was revealed that if you want to be happier then you ‘stay in the moment.’
\nGallup had interviewed more than a million Americans since 2008, enough to map out happiness. And no surprise; on a state-wide level, Hawaii heads the top ten. But this isn’t about good weather, because Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska, and Colorado are next. No southern state made the list.
\nOur guru, Srila Prabhupada, never conducted a survey on the topic of happiness, but he had proved that those who gave up bad habits and took to chanting became quite satisfied.
\n“Chant and be happy!” he used to say.
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