NOTICE ARCHIVE - 12/10/2021Both the philosophy of Buddhism and the religion of Islam have a common view of happiness: You will never be happy by earthly pleasure.
Islam: Those things which are giving you temporary pleasure, those are the very things that will bring about sadness and hurt to your heart, because you have given your heart in the wrong course. You donated your heart to something material, it became more important to you than Allah. That is why the struggle. So make Allah the most important in your life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGmS4iSKKQ&list=WL&index=3&t=2s
Buddhism: What do we wish for, strive for, or daydream about? For some people it is material possessions, such as a large house with all the latest luxuries, a fast car or a well-paid job. For others it is reputation, good looks, power, excitement or adventure. Many try to find the meaning of their life in relationships with their family and circle of friends. All these things can make us superficially happy for a short while but they will also cause us much worry and suffering.
They will never give us the real happiness that all of us, in our hearts, long for. Since we cannot take them with us when we die, if we have made them the principal meaning of our life they will eventually let us down. As an end in themselves worldly attainments are hollow; they are not the real meaning of human life.
Virtuous actions sow seeds of future happiness and non-virtuous actions sow seeds of future suffering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGmS4iSKKQ&list=WL&index=3&t=2s
