金钱真的能买到幸福吗? 如果是，金钱是如何带来幸福的？ 如果不是，那什么能带来幸福？
Can money really buy happiness? If yes, then how and if not, then what can bring happiness?
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网友：我和一个女孩交往了两年多，她是我的一切，她是唯一一个在我心情不好的时候能让我微笑的人，我非常爱她。然而事情终归起了变化，我们分手了，我心碎了，我就是无法忘记她...我把孩子们带到小贩那里，给他们买了雪糕这花了我25卢比（0.40美元），他们脸上的笑容，是无价的......
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Can money really buy happiness? If yes, then how and if not, then what can bring happiness?
金钱真的能买到幸福吗? 如果是，金钱是如何带来幸福的？ 如果不是，那什么能带来幸福？
金钱真的能买到幸福吗? 如果是，金钱是如何带来幸福的？ 如果不是，那什么能带来幸福？
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I was in a relationship with this girl for over two years now. She was everything to me. She was the only one who could make me smile when I had a bad day. I loved her a lot.
Things changed and we broke up. I was heartbroken. I just couldn't get over her.
Someone advised me to smoke weed(cannabis) to get over her. I thought that maybe weed can help me.
I asked a friend who smokes weed to take me to the nearest place where they sell weed. It was a slum.
As I was waiting outside for him to score some weed for me, I saw an ice-cream vendor passing through. Then my eyes stopped at the three kids pleading their mother to buy them ice-cream. She scolded them as maybe she didn't have the money to buy them what they demanded. A veil of sadness surrounded the little kids.
I took the kids to the vendor and bought them the ones they wanted. It cost me 25 Rupees(0.40 USD). The smile on their face, it was priceless.
I asked them if I could take their picture. They said yes without hesitating. I guess this was the first time someone clicked their picture.
This incident surely made my day.
I see this pic or help such kids whenever I feel depressed.
This is one thing that makes me happy now.
Yes, money can buy happiness.
P. S. : I didn't smoke weed that day!
我和一个女孩交往了两年多，她是我的一切，她是唯一一个在我心情不好的时候能让我微笑的人，我非常爱她。
然而事情终归起了变化，我们分手了，我心碎了，我就是无法忘记她。
有人建议我抽大麻来忘记她，我想，也许大麻可以帮助我。
我让一个吸食大麻的朋友带我去最近的卖大麻的地方，那是一个贫民窟。
当我在外面等着他为我买些大麻时，我看到一个卖雪糕的人经过，然后我的目光停在了三个孩子身上，孩子恳求他们的母亲给他们买雪糕，她责骂他们，因为她可能没有钱给他们买他们所要求的东西，孩子们周围笼上了一层伤心的面纱。
我把孩子们带到小贩那里，给他们买了雪糕这花了我25卢比（0.40美元），他们脸上的笑容，是无价的。
我问他们是否可以给他们拍照，他们毫不犹豫地答应了，我猜这是第一次有人给他们拍照：
这件事让我高兴了一天。
每当我感到沮丧的时候，我就会看看这张照片或帮助这样的孩子。
这是一件让我至今都感到高兴的一件事。
是的，金钱可以买到幸福。
P S : 那天我并没有抽大麻!
I will share a story I heard,
There was a guy who used to order 2 Pizza worth of Rs. 1000 every Sunday for his family.
After some days, festival of DIWALI was round the corner. This family had a maid working for them. The guy's wife asked him to give the maid Rs. 1000 as her yearly bonus. He said it's too much and they ended up giving the maid only Rs. 500.
The maid took 3 days off during Diwali and came back on the 4th day and was visibly happy. The guy asked her, 'How was your Diwali'? Her answer left the guy speechless,
She replied,
It was very good sir thanks to the money you gave me. I used Rs. 150 for traveling to and from my son's village. Used Rs. 100 to buy sweets for them all. I bought my grandson a shirt and a pant for Rs. 200. And donated Rs. 50 to the handicapped beggar near the temple.
Hence,
Money can bring you happiness if you share it with people who know its value and are true need of it.
我分享我听到的一个故事,
曾经有个家伙每个星期天都要为家人订两个价值1000卢比的比萨饼。
过了几天，排灯节就快到了，这个家庭有一个女仆为他们工作，男人的妻子要求他给女佣1000卢比作为年终奖金，他说这太多了，最后他们只给了女佣500卢比。
这位女佣在排灯节期间请了3天假，第4天回来时明显很高兴，那个人问她，“排灯节过的怎么样”她的回答让那家伙哑口无言,
她回答说：
非常好，先生，谢谢你给我的钱，我用150卢比做路费来回我儿子的村庄，用100卢比给他们所有人买了糖果，我花了200卢比给我孙子买了一件衬衫和一条裤子，又给寺庙的残疾乞丐捐赠了50卢比。
所以，
如果你和那些知道金钱的价值并且真正需要金钱的人分享金钱，那么金钱会给你带来幸福。
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Yes, it can. I saw a young boy struggling to sell balloons at a traffic signal in Bangalore. I gave Rs 50 for a balloon worth Rs 25. He offered me some more for the extra money I gave. I told him to keep the balance. He smiled and thanked me. I gave the balloon to my housekeeper's son. He got excited seeing his favourite cartoon character(chota bheem) printed on the balloon and loved it. In different ways, Rs 50 bought happiness to all three of us.
是的，金钱可以买到幸福。
在班加罗尔，我看到一个小男孩在红绿灯前卖气球，我在他手上花了50卢比买了一个价值25卢比的气球，我多给了钱，他又给了我一些，我告诉他不用，他微笑着向我道谢，我把气球给了我管家的儿子，看到气球上印着他最喜欢的卡通人物 (chota bheem) ，他很兴奋，也很喜欢，以不同的方式，50卢比给我们三个人带来了幸福。
I had quit my job to travel and the more I traveled, I realized chasing money or becoming rich shouldn't be my goal but this incident altered my view.
When I am closer to a beach during my travels, I don't mind getting up early to catch the first rays of the sun hitting the earth and removing the darkness surrounding it. I was walking on the beaches of Puri and was watching the busy morning life of the fishermen folk. Found a tea shop and ordered a tea and a biscuit. Was waiting for my tea, a woman carrying the morning fresh catch of fish on her head along with her young son crossed me. The son was asking her for a biscuit but she kept walking without minding it. But he tried to drag her back and then she smacked him on the back. The morning calmness was broken by the cry of the child and she dragged him along with her. I ran to the child and offered the biscuit packet I had to him. He saw his mother and then me and he took the biscuit from my hand with a huge smile. He freed himself from his mother's grip and was running amok with a joyful face.
I realized if I do right thing with the money, it can make me happy. So, the answer to the question is Yes, money can buy me happiness
我辞去了工作去旅行，越是旅行，我越意识到追逐金钱或变得富有不应该是我的目标，但这件事改变了我的看法。
在旅行中，当我离海滩较近时，我不介意早起，去捕捉太阳照射到地球上的第一缕阳光，并驱散它周围的黑暗，一天我在普里岛的海滩上散步，看着渔民们在清晨忙碌着，我找到一家茶馆，点了一杯茶和一份饼干，正当我喝茶的时候，一个女人头上顶着早上捕来的新鲜鱼儿，带着她的小儿子从我身边走过，儿子向她要一块饼干，但她毫不在意地继续往前走，儿子想把她拉回来，然后她给了儿子背上一巴掌，孩子的哭声打破了清晨的平静，她拖着孩子往前走，我跑到孩子跟前，把我的饼干盒递给他，他看了看他的母亲，然后看了看我，他从我手中接过饼干，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容，他挣脱了母亲的束缚，满脸欢喜地乱跑起来。
我意识到，如果我用钱做正确的事，它可以让我快乐。
所以，这个问题的答案是：
是的，金钱可以给我带来幸福。
It depends on people to people.
Let me share you a Zen story,
A Samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a Zen monk to ask advice. However, the moment he entered the temple where the master was praying, he felt inferior and concluded that, in spite of having fought for justice and peace all his life, he hadn't even come near the state of grace achieved by the man before him.
- Why do I feel so inferior? - he asked, as soon as the monk finished his prayers. - I have faced death many times, have defended those who are weak, I know I have nothing to be ashamed of. Nevertheless, upon seeing you meditating, I felt that my life had absolutely no importance whatsoever.
- Wait. Once I have attended to all those who come to see me today, I shall answer you.
The samurai spent the whole day sitting in the temple gardens, watching the people go in and out in search of advice. He saw how the monk received them all with the same patience and the same illuminated smile on his face. But his enthusiasm soon began to wane, since he had been born to act, and not to wait.
这取决于人与人之间的关系。
我给你分享一个禅宗的故事。
一个以高贵和诚实著称的武士，去拜访一位禅宗僧人，向他请教，然而，当他进入大师正在祈祷的寺庙时，他感到很自卑，并得出结论，尽管他一生都在为正义与和平而奋斗，但都远远没有接近眼前这个人所达到的优雅境界。
僧人完成祈祷之后，他问道：
——为什么我感到如此自卑？
——我曾多次面对死亡，为弱者主持正义，我知道我没有什么可羞愧的，然而，当我看到你在打坐时，我觉得我的生命完全没有任何意义。
僧人说：
—— 等等，等我接待完所有今天来见我的人，我会回答你的问题。
武士花了一整天的时间坐在寺庙的花园里，看着人们进进出出，向僧人寻求建议。
他看到僧人以同样的耐心和同样的微笑接待他们，但他的热情很快就开始减退了，因为他生来就是为了行动，而不是为了等待。
- Now can you teach me?
The master invited him in and lead him to his room. The full moon shone in the sky, and the atmosphere was one of profound tranquility.
- Do you see the moon, how beautiful it is? It will cross the entire firmament, and tomorrow the sun will shine once again. But sunlight is much brighter, and can show the details of the landscape around us: trees, mountains, clouds. I have contemplated the two for years, and have never heard the moon say: why do I not shine like the sun? Is it because I am inferior?
- Of course not - answered the samurai. - The moon and the sun are different things, each has its own beauty. You cannot compare the two.
- So you know the answer. We are two different people, each fighting in his own way for that which he believes, and making it possible to make the world a better place; the rest are mere appearances.
Happiness is already given to you; it is your state of mind. You are standing between sorrows and happiness, just a push and you enter in the profound tranquility, and just a mere push by any thought, and you enter in deep sorrow.
夜幕降临，所有人都离开了，他问道：
—— 现在你能教了我吧？
大师请他进来，把他带到自己的房间，满月在天空中闪耀，气氛深邃而宁静。
—— 看到月亮了吗，美吗？它将穿越整个苍穹，然后缓缓落下，明天太阳将再次照耀，但阳光要明亮得多，可以让我们看到周围风景的细节：树木、山脉、云朵，对此我沉思多年，但从来没有听过月亮说：为什么我不像太阳一样闪耀？是不是因为我低人一等？
—— 当然不是
武士回答道。
—— 月亮和太阳是不同的东西，各自有自己的美，你不能将两者进行比较。
——所以答案你很清楚，我们是两个不同的人，每个人都以自己的方式为他所相信的东西而奋斗，并使世界变得更美好成为可能，其它的都只是表象。
幸福已经在你身上了；
它是你的心灵状态。
你站在悲伤和幸福之间，只需一推，你就进入了深邃的宁静，同样只需一推，你就陷入了深深的悲伤。
Yes, money can buy you happiness. The issue is that a lot of people don't understand what they should be buying to result in happiness. Most people are spending their money on things that aren't related to long term happiness. Thus, a lot of people aren't optimizing their investments and purchases for the goal of long term happiness.
I recently read the study, If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right. The researchers behind this study uncover and identify a shocking disconnect and failure in society. People are making purchasing decisions that don't translate into happiness everyday in its pursuit. From this, I started thinking of the ongoing troubles found within our society where unconscious consumption runs rampant. The issues run deep and are not only related to over consumption but also to life dissatisfaction and overall unhappiness. For example, young professionals are feeling overwhelmed and many are struggling to cope with the expectations being placed on them by society and their parents. As a result, young people are committing suicide and young professionals are becoming depressed – It’s what I call, a Happiness Epidemic.
是的，金钱可以买到幸福，问题是很多人不知道他们应该买什么来获得幸福，大多数人把钱花在与长期幸福无关的事情上。因此，很多人并没有为了长期的幸福而优化他们的投资和购买行为。
我最近读了一项研究报告，《如果金钱不能让你快乐，那么可能你没有正确地使用它》，这项研究背后的研究人员揭示并明确了社会中令人震惊的断层和失败，人们在追求幸福的过程中做出的购买决定并不能转化为每天的幸福。
由此，我开始思考我们社会中存在的问题，在我们这个社会无意识的消费泛滥猖獗，这些问题根深蒂固，不仅与过度消费有关，还与对生活的不满和整体的不幸福感有关。
例如，年轻的专业人士深感不堪重负，许多人挣扎着应付社会和父母对他们的期望，结果，年轻人自杀，年轻的专业人士变得抑郁——这就是我所说的“幸福流行病”。
“Who wants to go to the Mall with me? I need some retail therapy! ASAP!”
What’s alarming about this post is that this person honestly believes that a brand new pair of shoes will actually impact their emotions and make them happy. What’s even more alarming is that this is the mindset of people all over the country and better yet, around the globe. People with this mind set are being celebrated through organizations, corporations and the media on a regular basis. Now, this is not an attack on corporations or businesses. As a marketer and entrepreneur, I recognize that businesses have a job to do and their job is is to make money. My issue isn’t with corporations trying to increase their bottom line. My issue in this world of over-consumption is the lack of knowledge we (consumers) have in regards to what will actually bring us happiness and what will not.
The study reiterates the notion that money can in fact buy happiness. You read that right. Money can buy happiness. The problem is related to the fact that most people aren’t spending their money on things that actually translate into happiness. People are making empty investments into products and services that have short-term impacts on their emotions rather than long-term impacts on their lives and happiness.
几周前，我偶然发现一个朋友在非死不可上的更新：
“谁想和我一起去购物中心? 我需要来一次购物疗法! 越快越好! ”
这个帖子让人担忧的是，这个人真的相信一双全新的鞋子能影响他们的情绪，并让他们快乐。
更令人担忧的是，这是全国乃至全球人民的心态，具有这种思维模式的人们通过组织、公司和媒体定期庆祝——当然我不是要攻击公司或企业，作为一个营销人和企业家，我承认企业有其职责，它们的职责就是赚钱，我们的问题不在于企业试图降低底线，在这个过度消费的世界里，我们的问题是我们 (消费者) 对于什么能真正给我们带来幸福和什么不能带来幸福缺乏了解。
这项研究重申了金钱事实上的确可以买到幸福感。
你没看错，金钱可以买到幸福。
这个问题与这样一个事实是相关的： 大多数人并没有把他们的钱花在能转化为快乐的事情上，人们正在对产品和服务进行空洞的投资，这些产品和服务对他们的情绪只有短期影响，而无法带来对他们的生活和幸福的长期影响。
In 2010, the New York Times published an article about consumption and how it relates to happiness.
In this article a professor discussed a study that identified the number one category to be positively related to happiness. Surprisingly the top category wasn’t cars, home improvements or even a shiny new piece necklace from Tiffany’s. The number one category was leisure activities: vacations, entertainment, sports and equipment used to enhance an experience such as golf clubs, yoga mats or a surf board. Thus, buying authentic memorable experiences should be our primary focus when looking to optimize our lives using a pay cheque.
大多数人不知道有关幸福的基本科学事实——什么能带来幸福，什么能维持幸福，因此他们不知道如何用自己的钱来获得幸福。
毫不奇怪，对葡萄酒一无所知的有钱人最终拥有的酒窖并不比他们邻居的酒窖库存多多少;
毫不奇怪，对幸福一无所知的有钱人最终拥有的生活并不比其他人幸福多少。
——如果金钱不能让你幸福，那么多半是你钱花得不对
2010年《纽约时报》发表过一篇关于消费及其如何与幸福相关的文章。
在这篇文章中，一位教授讨论了一项研究，该研究确定了与幸福正相关的首要类别。
令人惊讶的是，排在第一位的不是汽车、家居装饰品，甚至也不是的一条闪亮的蒂凡尼新项链。
排名第一的是休闲活动：度假、娱乐、运动和用于增强体验的设备，如高尔夫球杆、瑜伽垫或冲浪板。
因此，当我们想用辛苦得来的工资来优化我们的生活时，购买真实难忘的体验才应该是我们的首要重点。
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Such a great question!
I’m in my sixties. I’ve lived a good life, experienced having a lot of money and also struggling.
Can money buy happiness? Yes…for short bursts of time.
If you think about it, it’s really the spending of money that creates that momentary happiness. I found I had to keep buying things to feel good.
And that’s the thing: With money (even a lot) I only experienced bursts of happiness.
Then the excitement of the new thing would fade, or the experience I’d bought would end, and I’d be left facing my life and what I’d been avoiding by spending my money. Nothing had really changed.
I was the same person, with most of the same issues and challenges.
For me, buying one thing after another in order to feel better about life or about myself is no way to live! It feels very empty and pointless after a while.
这是个好问题！
我已经六十多岁了，我过着幸福的生活，经历过有很多钱的生活，也经历过困苦挣扎。
金钱能买到幸福吗? 是的...... 在短暂的时间内。
如果你仔细想想，其实花钱创造的是瞬间的快乐，我发现我必须不断买东西才能让自己感觉良好。
这就是问题所在：
有了钱 (甚至是很多钱) ，我只体验到了短暂的快乐。
然后，对新事物的兴奋就会消退，或者我所购买的体验就会结束，之后我只能继续面对我的生活，面对我花钱一直在逃避的东西，一切都没有真正改变。
我还是那个我，有着相同的问题和挑战。
对我来说，为了对生活或自己感觉更好而一件接一件地买东西是不可能的！一段时间之后，我会感到非常空虚，生活失去意义。
My answer may not be what you want to hear. If so, I’m sorry for that.
But here’s the good news…
We don’t have to achieve anything or attain anything—especially money—before we can feel genuine, deep happiness!
In truth, our happiness is always available to us, no matter what our circumstances. All we need to do is want to feel that way and then know how to access it.
We can let the happiness that is in us come out. Today. Even right now. We can get in touch with more of our naturally “happy state” by using a couple of tools (below) and also adding a couple of other things.
So, here are four suggestions. I’d put these things at the top of my list for anyone who wants to start feeling happier and be able to access their happiness anytime they want…
那么...什么能带来幸福呢？
我的回答可能不是你想听到的。
如果是这样，我很抱歉。
但好消息是....
我们不需要取得任何成就或获得任何东西——特别是金钱——我们也能感受到真正的、深刻的幸福！
事实上，无论我们处于什么样的环境中，我们的幸福总是可得的，我们所需要做的就是去感受幸福，然后知道如何获得它。
我们可以让我们内心的快乐流露出来，就在今天，就在现在，我们可以通过使用一些工具和添置一些其他的东西来接触到更多我们自然的“快乐状态”。
这里有四个建议，对于那些想要开始感到更快乐并希望随时获得快乐的人，我会把这些事情放在我列表的首位。
Spend some time breathing deeply and feeling grateful for all the wonderful experiences you’ve had. And the friends you’ve made. And the many small things about you that you like now. And what you possess that you’re grateful for.
Breathe and be grateful for being alive. For the sunset. For the air you breathe. For the food you have. Breathe and feel your appreciation for those things and anything else that comes to mind.
In each case, really feel your gratitude. Feel how grateful you are.
· 对你是谁以及你现在拥有的东西心存感激
我们不断地把我们所拥有的和我们想要的进行比较，从而使自己不快乐，或者我们试图和我们想成为的人在一起，这种比较使我们陷入目前的处境和状态，我们应当从学会感恩现在所拥有的东西中受益。
花些时间深呼吸，感激你所有美好的经历，还有你交的朋友，还有你喜欢的许多小事，以及你所拥有的让你感激的东西。
深呼吸，感激自己还活着。
感激日落，感激你呼吸的空气，感激你的食物。
深呼吸，感受你对这些东西和其他任何想到的东西的欣赏。
任何时候，到要真正感受自己的感激之情，感受到你是多么的感激。
Take a deep breath or two and let yourself relax every muscle. Repeat. Repeat again.
Now feel the difference. Your mind has probably calmed down a bit. You’re more centered. You’re more aware and alx. That is being more present.
(If that is not your experience as you do that, don’t give up. Practice it until you feel those things. Every moment of practice is truly worth it!)
When you’re very present life feels complete and good. You feel complete and good (happy). It’s almost magical how it can feel.
· 活在当下
与其关注未来 (担心未来或渴望未来变得更好) ，我们更充分地活在当下会受益匪浅。
生活就发生在这一刻，现在是这个时刻，它不会发生在未来或过去，只有这一刻才是真实的，因此，当我们沉浸在这一刻，并且只与它同在的时候，我们更容易感受到幸福。
深呼吸一两次，放松自己的每一块肌肉，重复，再重复。
现在感受一下差别。
你的思想可能已经平静了一些，你精神更集中了，你会更加清醒和警觉，更多地活在当下。
( 如果你没有经历过，那也不要放弃，不断练习，直到你感受到这些东西，时刻的练习是值得的! )
当你活在当下的时候，会感觉生活的完整而美好，你会感受到完整和美好的快乐，这种感觉非常神奇。
Shoulds are traps. We think they’ll get us where we want to go but usually they are leading us away from a better, shorter course to our happiness.
How many things do you believe your must or should do feel good? Which of those make you happy when you do them? Probably very few.
See if you can open more to trusting yourself to find your own way without those shoulds. Get present (see above) and ask yourself “What would I like?” Sure, it might take work and time to get there—most things of value do—but if you are passionate about what you want you’ll have a strong desire to succeed and you’re a lot more likely to get there than by doing things you think you should.
Don’t try to make it on your own. Have a few close relationships in which you feel loved and safe. Invite people you like into your life, including parents. Find friends whom you have special relationships with and nurture those. Be willing to feel your “like” or love for those people. They will be part of your network and will support you as you move forward.
I’m sure there are many other things to offer but these rank the highest on my scale.
I trust they’ll be useful to you!
· 不要因为你认为自己“应该”而强迫自己做事，尽可能多地做自己喜欢的事
“应该xx”是陷阱。
我们认为“应该”会带我们去我们想去的地方，但通常“应该”只会带我们脱离一个更好的地方（我们的幸福），带来更短的体验。
你认为你必须或者应该做的事情中有多少让你感觉良好？当你做这些事情的时候，哪一个会让你感到快乐？可能很少。
看看你是否能更开放地相信自己，找到自己的方式，而不是那些“应该”，问问自己“我想要什么?”
当然，实现目标可能需要工作和时间——大多数有价值的事情都需要时间——但如果你对自己想要的东西充满热情，你就会有强烈的成功欲望，而且你实现目标的可能性比你认为自己“应该”做的事情要大得多。
· 不要试图只靠自己
拥有一些让你感到被爱和安全的亲密关系，邀请你喜欢的人进入你的生活，包括父母，找到那些与你有特殊关系的朋友，培养与他们的感情，去感受你对这些人的“喜欢”或爱，他们将成为你人际网络的一部分，并在你前进的时候支持你。
我相信还有很多其他的东西可以提及，但是这些东西在我的心目中排名最高。
我相信这些会对你有用的！