Epicurus on Happiness 2 of 3

("Happiness is not pleasure, for which we need external, but virtue, which is complete without external" 3rd epistole of Crates). Similarly the Prajnaparamita, precursor of the Madhyamika, explained that all things are like foam, or bubbles, "empty, false, and fleeting", and that "only the negation of all views can lead to enlightenment" (Nāgārjuna, MK XIII.8).

Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic, and perhaps the spiritual framework, developments of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana Buddhism, founded in India, which represents one of the two main branches of Buddhism.The Buddhist religious system was then adopted in Central and Northeastern Asia, from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea and Japan

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Sorry:P
On my previous comment I ment to say
Platonic philosophers and not Epicoureans. I should have corrected.

My bad.

I've never said that christianity influenced
by the Epicourians, most likely I could say
the Fathers of our church were influenced
from the Platonic philosophers.
BTW I'm from Greece and I know what good friends, freedom, and to appreciate
good life means.
Too bad we getting more and more Westernize...(meaning about materialism)
I hope you understand that...
PS
Thanks for (-1) whoever was it:)

PS
I'm talking about material thinks.

May I ask what's the difference between the simplicity of the christian life and the
epicurians?

Or should I say christianity was influence
some how by epicurians.

Epicurus taught that people needed friends, freedom and and thought. Christianity teaches that people need to do accept Jesus as their savior, abstain from sin, and have a lot more to say about what "the good life" is. I doubt Christianity was directly influenced by Epicurus. The fact that some of what they would consider to be a good life is the same is coincidence. Many such themes are common throughout all humanity and stem from the evolutionary instincts and common conditions of existence.

i love these videos

Probably it was made for the US market. Or he thinks that dollar's symbol is generally associated with money, more than the pounds'.