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Satiety : Contentment Or Suffering?



Satiety: The state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction."

Sounds like ultimate bliss and contentment? Or the nadir of suffering from craving — when craving cannot bring any more joy, not that it can bring any real joy in the first place. If you don't learn to let go of craving at this point, then when?

Gender : Equal Regardless



All beings have the perfect equal Buddha-nature
but all beings also have imperfect unequal defilements.
So is it easier for males or females to be enlightened?
Are the chances the same or different?
It all depends on the individual's mind, not gender.

Problem : Trouble Without Solution



If you talk about a problem, be it yours or others, to many people
without the intention of seeking a solution,
you are not only part of the problem,
you are compounding it,
spreading its negative effects.

Mark : Self-Reliance



Qi: Busy... remind me tomorrow...
Zy: Leave this reply message marked unread.

Reason : To Have Or Not To Have



Do you live to find the reason to live?
Or are you living it already?