In the Buddha's teaching, the highest happiness is peace. It's not the peaceful feeling that comes and goes all the time, but the sense that you are already home—that your search has ended. When we are not caught up in a narrow and endless search for peace somewhere else, our mind quiets and our heart naturally opens to each other and the world. We wake up.

 
Howard Cohn, The Highest Happiness is Peace
Howard Cohn

Howard Cohn

Spirit Rock Residential Teacher