The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 4

of inquiring into truth, into life, into existence. The most important question of all questions

is: What is true happiness? And is there a possibility to achieve it? Is true happiness possible

at all, or is all momentary? Is life only a dream, or is there something substantial in it too?

Does life begin with birth and end with death, or is there something that transcends birth and

death? Because without the eternal there is no possibility of true happiness. With the

momentary, happiness will remain fleeting: one moment it is here, the other moment gone,

and you are left in great despair and darkness.