
Ep 42 - Siddharta (Hermann Hesse)
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The Cause of Suffering Is Craving
The second truth is that the cause or origin of suffering is craving. As trisne thirst or clinging. Most people have an external locus of control. If you start to take responsibility for the failings and actions of other people around you, that's what a good leader does. We blame externals. The culprit is always inside our mind, inside our mind. And rejection of this itself implies craving. Very often we think that we have trans ended and we have become a little bit enlightened. We never fully admit it. Ego's not that bad.
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