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Robert Wright on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Why Buddhism is True

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The Importance of Living in the Moment

Buddhism's goal is to allow you to sustain well-being, even in adverse circumstances. Is there not a danger that you'll become content with any circumstances whatsoever and not judge certain things as bad things you want to change? My feeling about that is it's a very good, in principle, question and not a very urgent, in practice question. And I think for almost everyone, that question just doesn't arise.

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