Happiness


"What is happiness? What is sadness?" His whole life he used only this speech to teach other people.
Outside, happiness appears, luck appears, sadness appears, but he is not moving.
"What is true happiness? What is sadness?"

Not moving. This mind is very important. Originally there is nothing.
If you attach to something, then you have luck, happiness, sadness, suffering -- everything appears.
If you don't attach, this is clear mind. Then there is no sadness, no happiness, no unhappiness -- they all disappear.

So if you attach to name and form, if you attach to words, then your mind is also moving.
Don't attach to anything. Then your mind is enough.
Then appearing, disappearing, whatever happens outside doesn't matter.
Then teaching other people is possible.

We learned from this. Only one word:
"What is sadness? What is happiness?"
This means your mind moving is no good. If you make happiness, if you make sadness, that's no good.
Don't make anything; don't attach to anything; don't hold anything. Then you are complete.

Seung Sahn