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What does it mean?
Suffering seems unnecessary given low demand.
In plain terms
Why is there so much pain?
What can you take from it?
Question the origin of pain.

Where it applies

  • existential reflection
  • philosophy

Putting it to work

  • meditation
  • reducing suffering

Questions to consider

  • Is pain ever good?
  • Why do we suffer?

Another view

Some pain is unavoidable and natural.

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