i have to do an essay on what religion says you should do to be happy.
like religion says don't kill and you'll be happy
buddhist says be a vegetarian and you'll be happy you won't be taking another life
muslims says they must journey to mecca etc
so how does religion influence the person to be happy with his life?
sources would be nice, thank you
2006-09-06 17:57:05 · 11 answers · asked by gets flamed 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wiccan....Celebrate Life! ; )
Blessed Be....
2006-09-06 18:01:53 · answer #1 · answered by Helzabet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly Buddha never instituted a religion. He said not to make a religion out of this but they did anyway . That's why you will hear many a scholar refer to Buddha's teachings as a philosophy..
Now, my advise to the religious is ignorance is bliss... learn to live with it and although most of the noteworthy development of morals has been established by religions they are also responsible for most of the evil as well .so since few people ever develop the courage of conviction to abandon the religion they inherited along with the sins of their fathers or learn to think on their own instead of blindly parroting back whatever their religion demands my advise is to learn to live with the dismaying ignorance that comes along with the good ,don't kill follow the commandments that is,and if you say Mecca or Bust enjoy yourself!
Be good ! meditate and enjoy life!
2006-09-07 01:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness is the release from the prison of self.
""Unless one accepts dire vicissitudes, he will not attain. To me prison is freedom, troubles rest me, death is life, and to be despised is honour. Therefore, I was HAPPY all that time in prison. When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed release, for that is the greater prison. When this release takes place, then one cannot be outwardly imprisoned. When they put my feet in stocks, I would say to the guard, 'You cannot imprison me, for here I have light and air and bread and water. There will come a time when my body will be in the ground, and I shall have neither light nor air nor food nor water, but even then I shall not be imprisoned.' The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to centre the consciousness upon the limitations, and this is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a Door through which the confirmations of the Spirit come."
(Abdu'l-Baha, Abdu'l-Baha in London, p. 120)
2006-09-07 03:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know of any religion whose precepts include a method to be happy. All of them admonish you to do certain things, or not do certain things, in order to appease a deity of some sort, but happiness as a concept is not part of this. Odd that this had never occurred to me before.
2006-09-07 01:02:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humanity is an important issue, the main theme of all divine religions are same
a person was sent to guide you to an honest path, know thyself and help others.
2006-09-07 01:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by Smiling face 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things will be added to you". Happiness is not gained by pursuing what we think will make us happy. I found found perfect peace by giving up control of my life to Jesus Christ. He has ordered my life and I want for nothing.
Jesus also said "he who seeks to keep his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, will find it". Funny, it's the complete opposite of what the world teaches you to do. Give up your own agenda in life, turn yourself over to Jesus Christ and live for His purposes. And then look at what He will do...He will give you a beautiful garden in which to live.
2006-09-07 01:04:39 · answer #6 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course espiritual life has a lot to do in you life. Happiness is a concept pretty much occidental, the question is what does it mean to a muslim or a buddhist to be happy.
2006-09-07 00:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by petelephant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddha said to control everyone mind on a certain spot,and if
you can control your mind, you will be happy.
2006-09-07 01:12:22 · answer #8 · answered by myint s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be summed up honestly and easily in one sentence.
Ignorance is bliss.
2006-09-07 01:02:38 · answer #9 · answered by Pedro I. Wong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be Atheist
2006-09-07 01:02:15 · answer #10 · answered by VIDYANAND A S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋