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Categorizing Buddhism as achieving happiness doesn't seem accurate to me at all. Enlightenment is in some ways similar to happiness but they are distinct things
by neaden 4y ago
Categorizing Buddhism as achieving happiness doesn't seem accurate to me at all. Enlightenment is in some ways similar to happiness but they are distinct things and getting too attached to happiness wouldn't help you get enlightened. For instance Buddhism traditionally teaches that reincarnating as a god after accumulating good karma is an overall negative thing since the happiness of being in heaven will keep you from pursuing Buddhism and ultimately be transitory.
- javier123454321 4y agoAnother mistranslation. However, the state of enlightenment (at the tantra level) can be described as a state of joy or bliss that is orders of magnitude beyond any transitory happiness that we might feel when we're not enlightened. But to your point, you are right, looking for transitory moments of happiness is not the same as working towards enlightenment.