Beyond the Horrids of Life

"The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible."

That was a quote by Lord Betrand Russell, dubbed by many as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. He seems to be referring to the First Noble Truth of life in his own way.

The secret of happiness, according to the Buddha is realising the Four Noble Truths:

1. Life is full of dissatisfactions,

2. They have their causes in our wanting (greed) and not-wanting (hatred), that comes from our ignorance,

3. The end of dissatisfactions is possible, and

4. The way to end dissatisfactions is the Noble Eightfold Path.

I guess that makes Lord Buddha the greatest "philosopher" of all time.

And that was 2,540 years ago!

(The Daily Enlightenment)