“I’d like you to know that relying on one thing to avoid suffering and be happy is a big mistake. For instance, many people find themselves single-mindedly engrossed in making money their whole lives. They believe that money will eliminate their hardships. But to have true happiness, you must really understand the many different factors that contribute to your life being a particular way and how you are reliant on the world around you.
The life you’re living is intimately entwined with everyone and everything. Your joy is contingent on the joy of others, and vice versa.
Know you are unmistakably, indisputably, undoubtedly—to use the computer analogy—a part that works with other components to create something amazing.”
A Monk’s Guide to Finding Joy
— H.E. Khangser Rinpoche
