Hello Do you want to be happy? Do you know how to be happy? Sounds like a silly question, but most of us don't! Although earning piles of money, finding a wonderful partner or 'the perfect job' may seem like the answer for a while, eventually life teaches us that true happiness lies elsewhere! Well, welcome to the Los Angeles Meetup Group “Buddhist Methods for Developing True Happiness & Wellbeing”. We are a group of friendly, sincere, warm-hearted Buddhist practitioners studying Mahayana & Vajr …

This is a book club for anyone interested in Buddhism and/or philosophy of life. We will be reading and discussing books such as The Living Buddha, Buddhism the First Millenium, Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and death etc...Daisaku Ikeda is a Buddhist leader, peacebuilder, a prolific writer, poet, educator and founder of a number of cultural, educational and peace research institutions around the world. As third president of the Soka Gakkai (value-creating society) and founder of the Soka Gak …

THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA with Etan Boritzer Develop a sense of urgency. -- The Buddha by donation Because of the great variety of Buddhist traditions currently practiced (Tibetan, Tantric, Zen, etc) there is some confusion as to the basic tenets which Siddatha Gotama (563 BC to 480 BC) the Buddha himself taught to the order of monks, nuns and laity in Northern India for 45 years after his 'awakening.' THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA presents these basic tenets and their conceptual bearings dir …