• @Dadifer
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    -410 months ago

    All suffering is born of desire.

    • @samus12345
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      610 months ago

      So if you get a disease and suffer, it’s because you were desiring something?

      • @Dadifer
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        110 months ago

        You desired health and did not accept sickness as a natural part of life.

        • @samus12345
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          110 months ago

          And that caused the sickness?

          • @restingcarcass
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            210 months ago

            Of course not. The sickness was caused by external factors; your suffering from the sickness was caused by your desire for health.

            • @samus12345
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              110 months ago

              I don’t think you get to choose whether or not your illness is suffering at that point.

    • @qooqie
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      10 months ago

      I desire the world to be better for the future generations and have them be able to live their lives judgement free. I don’t think that’ll spawn suffering onto others. It may make me feel miserable because it’s a seemingly insurmountable task. However, I take comfort in the fact I can make my city/state a better place for my children and I hope to impact it so that others feel the same about making it better and assuring that it stays better. As long as there is one place I have left better off so the future can call it home, I’ll be able to pass on happy.

    • @solstice
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      210 months ago

      Downvoted for quoting Buddha, never change lemmy, never change 🙄