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The book was described as a defense of desire against Buddhist interpretations, emphasizing that craving, not desire itself, causes suffering.
The book about desire was written to try to defend desire from the Buddhists, who kept saying when they talk about the four noble truths, the first truth is suffering, the second truth is the cause of...
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Episode: Why Does My Mind Keep Thinking That?
The book was described as a defense of desire against Buddhist interpretations, emphasizing that craving, not desire itself, causes suffering.
The book about desire was written to try to defend desire from the Buddhists, who kept saying when they talk about the four noble truths, the first truth is suffering, the second truth is the cause of suffering, and the cause of suffering is desire.
You have in the book about desire that I found very moving. Love is a revelation of the other person's freedom.
