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Page 269
... Existence is painful . The conditions that make an individual are precisely those that also give rise to suffering . Individuality implies limitation ; limitation gives rise to desire ; and , inevitably , desire causes suffering , since ...
... Existence is painful . The conditions that make an individual are precisely those that also give rise to suffering . Individuality implies limitation ; limitation gives rise to desire ; and , inevitably , desire causes suffering , since ...
Page 270
... existence . Though it is true that the Buddha avoided discussion of the ultimate condition that lay beyond the categories of the phenomenal world , he often affirmed the reality of the religious goal . For example , he is reported to ...
... existence . Though it is true that the Buddha avoided discussion of the ultimate condition that lay beyond the categories of the phenomenal world , he often affirmed the reality of the religious goal . For example , he is reported to ...
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... existence of partial charges on its atoms . Opposite partial charges attract one another , and , if two polar molecules are orientated so that the opposite partial charges on the molecules are closer together than their like charges ...
... existence of partial charges on its atoms . Opposite partial charges attract one another , and , if two polar molecules are orientated so that the opposite partial charges on the molecules are closer together than their like charges ...
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