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How can we Reconcile our Spirituality and our Humanity? ~ John Amodeo

Tantra Made Easy

CHAPTER

How Do We Dance With Our Desire?

In Buddhism, there's a word, tanat-e-n-h-a, which is considered to be the cause of suffering. Often it's been translated as desire and people think we have to eliminate or transcend our desire. It's really clinging and craving that creates suffering, not the desire itself. Desire is simply the life force that's in us. The best thing is how do we engage with it with skill and grace?

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