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The Buddha taught that we suffer when we cling to or resist experience, when we want life different than it is.
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
The experience itself causes no suffering, but our clinging on to them and our desperate hoping that they do not go away cause suffering.
Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, • Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)
The underlying nature of the universe is insecure, impermanent, and ultimately fleeting. Therefore, don’t seek security, permanence, or prolongation. Instead, make peace with your place in the greater process
Guatam Baid • Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.
Thich Nhat Hanh • The Heart Of Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy and Liberation
Impermanence is the hallmark of our existence, so whatever bliss we experience will not last indefinitely.