{"id":85,"date":"2024-12-31T21:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/durga\/?p=85"},"modified":"2024-12-31T05:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T05:05:28","slug":"the-search-for-happiness-in-buddhist-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/durga\/2024\/12\/31\/the-search-for-happiness-in-buddhist-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Search for Happiness&#8221; in Buddhist Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-times-new-roman-font-family has-custom-font wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:35px\">By Paige Wheeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exploration compares the experiences of Hector from the book &#8220;Hector and the Search for Happiness&#8221; to compare it with the relationality of humans and nature as discussed through Buddhism, in the course of discussions in Winter 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Please toggle to left to view the images in the sequence of the attached narration. 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