Those who seek their own happiness
By causing suffering for others
Are entangled with hostility
From hostility they are not set free. (translated by Gil Fronsdal)
So, one way to seek our own happiness is to undertake the five lay precepts:
"I undertake the training rule to refrain from:
killing or otherwise harming life;
taking anything that hasn't been offered to me;
engaging in sexual misconduct (harmful to relationships);
untruthfulness, divisive speech, harsh speech, and useless chatter;
indulging in intoxicants that cause heedlessness."
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