The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.
The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires.
Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries
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The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires.
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