The Art of Happiness

scientific theories are always being refined,modified, or revised as we gather new data. Andin evaluating the validity of any study, there’salways the possibility of methodological errors,flaws in experimental design, statistical analysis,and so on. One also needs to consider how manysubjects were studied and whether the study hasbeen replicated. With this in mind, it’s importantto recognize that the science of human happinessis still in its infancy. While we have learned agreat deal, there is a lot that we still don’t know.The key question is: Does Buddhism haveanything to contribute to the scientificinvestigation of happiness?In considering this question, it is important tounderstand that Buddhism is not a faith-basedsystem in the traditional sense. In fact, when theBuddha first began to teach, he advised his