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That is a powerful statement, it’s spot on, and I pray this country understands how incredibly important it is to choose and vote for a candidate that is not only wise, but possesses the type of integrity that always puts the needs of the people first.
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Buddhism has an analogous appraisal, for all levels of our suffering: its roots are ignorance (avidya, related to our "non-vision") conjoined with desire (trsna, related to our "thirst"). When our vision is occluded, yet we seek self-centered desire-fulfillment, suffering comes.
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