This is the Cause of Your Suffering

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“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”

― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Many millennia ago, the Buddha sought to explain what caused suffering. His answer? “Tahna” which translates to thirst or desire.

Far be it for me to argue with the Enlightened One, but… I’m arguing.