B. Alan Wallace on the Pursuits of Understanding, Happiness

In this video, "B. Alan Wallace on the Pursuits of Understanding, Happiness," Dr. Wallace offers a teaching on the intertwined interrelationships of our everyday and true sources of happiness, the nature of the pursuit of understanding, interdependence, ethics and other key topics as they relate to the central ideas of Buddhism.


B. Alan Wallace comments on the universal message of the Pursuits of Understanding, Happiness and Virtue, from the Buddhist perspective. Explaining the interdependence of these three pursuits, he says that one cannot find the happiness that arises from within, without understanding one's own nature and place in the world. Likewise, one cannot find happiness and understanding without living virtuously.