物质带来的幸福感只是暂时的
藏传佛教de幸福学
The Tibetan Buddhist
View on Happiness
The true nature of happiness is a special feeling from within. Sometimes this feeling is related to material matter; other times there is no connection at all. Material matter is only one cause or condition which creates a feeling of well-being. It can bring about a temporary sense of security or satisfaction, from which one can in turn derive temporary happiness. The different forms of happiness, such as a steady income, are sources of happiness but are not happiness itself.
幸福的本质，实际上是我们内心的一种特殊感受。这种感受有些时候和物质有关，有些时候和物质根本无关。物质，充其量只是给我们创造幸福感的一种因素或条件。它可以给我们带来暂时的安全感或满足感，通过这种安全感或满足感，就可能产生一种短暂的幸福感。我们可以把稳定的收入等等作为幸福的来源或渠道，但这些都不是幸福。
If happiness is a feeling, what is the basis of this feeling? A feeling of happiness comes from satisfaction; a feeling of satisfaction comes mostly from a new and fresh sensation. These types of feeling are all related to our mind and have no direct connection with the material world.
既然幸福是一种感受，那这种感受的基础是什么呢？幸福感的基础，一定是满足感。满足感的基础，绝大多数是新鲜感。这几种感觉，都与自己的心灵有关系，而与外在的物质不一定有关系。
Source of Happiness
幸福的来源
We can break down happiness into endless types. To simplify, however, there are essentially two kinds: one is happiness derived from worldly things; the other is happiness which does not come from worldly things. Within the second kind, one type is a feeling of great happiness over and above general well-­being. This feeling is experienced during the course of serving or benefiting other sentient beings - a pursuit also shared by the bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism.
如果详细划分，幸福的类型无穷无尽，可以来自于各个方面。但简而言之，幸福可以分为两种：一种是来自于物质的幸福；另一种，则是来自物质以外的东西。在第二种幸福里面，有一种更超越的幸福，即在为了其他生命的幸福而付出的过程当中，所感觉到的强大幸福，这也是大乘佛教的菩萨所追求的幸福。
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