Finding Happiness - According to Matthieu Ricar

[Boon]

"Happiness is not an endless succession of pleasurable experiences. That’s a recipe for exhaustion, not for happiness. Happiness is a way of being that comes with altruistic love, inner strength, inner freedom, and serenity – and it can be cultivated as a skill, day after day, month after month. In recent years, the collaboration of contemplatives with neuroscientists has shown that, thanks to the brain’s plasticity, we can train our mind to become more compassionate, more mindful and to achieve greater inner peace, just as someone who trains to play the piano or learn how to read and write. Any training changes the brain and this is true for training the basic qualities of our minds that altogether constitute genuine happiness.

The pursuit of happiness is intimately linked with altruism. There’s no such thing as a successful, selfish happiness ..................................................
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[Temperament]

In other words, is he saying giving someone "happiness" is better than receiving "happiness?"
i think so. For, "It is more blessed to give than to receive".

[sgd]

Want to see happiness? These people have no money they work and live in a dump earning just enough to get by from day to day adapting and living by their wits and yet you see generally they are a happy lot go figure the meaning of happiness!

source: bbc films