Perhaps as a complement to the discussion area on Melancholia, here is a space for us to review the question of Happiness. You might find the article by Robert Ellia at http://www.middlewaysociety.org/the-happiness-delusion/ interesting.
Read more…This is a space in which to discuss and share matters relating to depression, sadness, grief, melancholia, and related phenomena. There is a relevant paper posted in "Pages" listed in the right margin of the group page.
Read more…Included in the selections from the Parinirvana Sutta posted in the Buddhism Group is the following:
22. "Now there are eight kinds of assemblies, Ananda, that is to say, assemblies of nobles, brahmans, householders, ascetics, of the Four Great Kings
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