Ep. 31 – The Four Noble Truths: The Origin of Dukkha
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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What Is the Gratification in the World?
The Buddha didn't condemn sense pleasures as being sinful. Rather in his quest for enlightenment, he used an introspective scientific method which led him to ask some very basic questions about his experience. The first question he asked was, what is the gratification in the world? So it's precisely because there is a gratification that we become enamored with the world and crave these sense pleasures.
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