lasting happiness

collocation in English

meaningsoflastingandhappiness

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lasting
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.stɪŋ/us
/ˈlæs.tɪŋ/
continuing to exist for a long time or ...
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happiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhæp.i.nəs/us
/ˈhæp.i.nəs/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition oflastingandhappinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflasting happiness

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We wish the new nation to succeed and bringlastinghappinessto all its peoples.
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This measure, unamended, far from promotinglastinghappiness, could be instrumental, in my opinion, in creating fresh problems.
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But we shall be far short of our goal unless we can also help people generally to develop and cultivate worthwhile interests in which they findlastinghappiness.
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Delving deep into these questions, he realized that the body and all worldly aspects are transitory, and physical pleasures do not lead tolastinghappiness.
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As it is triggered when a given situation appears better relative to a previous state, no external conditions whatever can account forlastinghappiness.
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However, escaping the world of "samsara" through "moksha" is believed to ensurelastinghappinessand peace.
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As one reaches the last two stages of life, one realizes that none of these things broughtlastinghappinessand a sense of completeness.
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One is reborn through desire: a person "desires" to be born because he or she wants to enjoy a body, which can never bring deep,lastinghappinessor peace ("nanda").
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This is important because people tend to work toward events they believe will causelastinghappiness, and according to durability bias, people might be working toward the wrong things.
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He decided to search forlastinghappiness.
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The song follows a restless man and his wife, as he attempts to find an ever-elusive andlastinghappiness pursuing various dreams and schemes, all which are ill-fated.
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