Let’s see what the ancient Greek Philosopher had to say about life! 1. Pain Is Essential Aristotle believed that to learn something important, one had to exert both physically and mentally. And many a times, this effort towards learning involved pain. He encouraged us to embrace this pain and see its bright side: the learning. […]
Category Archives: Applied Philosophy
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The Self of a Buddha, one who had achieved cessation of attachment to the aggregates, could only be understood firsthand. One cannot convey enlightenment in words; one experiences it directly.
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Adult social life operates under the premise that it is the seriousness of our conversations that determines how close or far away we are from the person sitting next to us. If we talk to them about how our day went or how the sky looks particularly stunning that day or how we detest the […]
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They have added to the beauty of existence, but nobody should be so arrogant as to say, “I am the last.”
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“Be in the moment” – no matter which part of the world we live in, all of us have heard this phrase at some point in our lives. And yet for some reason, we always find our heads anywhere except for in the present.
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How many times have you offered your seat to someone in need or made food for the sick and the needy or helped out your friend during tough times or prayed to God for someone else’s well-being and health? Prosocial behaviour or helping someone can take many forms – from performing acts of bravery to […]
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Beauty is not material, and beauty does not belong to parts. Once you dissect a flower, once the wholeness of the flower is gone, beauty is also gone. Beauty belongs to the whole, it is the grace that comes to the whole. It is more than the sum of parts. You can dissect a human […]
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Sometimes, we catch sight of ourselves in the mirror. And there it is, the hairy face, the acne, the pointy nose but most importantly that familiar needy expression. It is during such moments that we feel that we have miserably failed at running away from our monster self. We are destined to be a hideous […]
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The schools of Indian Philosophy can be broadly divided broadly into two classes, namely, orthodox (astika) and heterodox (nastika). Under the first group fall the six philosophical systems of Mimamsa, Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya and Vaisheshika. These schools belong to this category not because they believe in God but because they believe in the authority […]
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The problem of the modern mind is not to become involved in anything. We are spectator-oriented, and we have become like voyeurs. Everything is just there outside — nothing touches you. This is very dangerous. Happyho also provide best Meditation classes and yoga classes in Noida and Delhi NCR India area. That means that life will pass […]