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perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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![“Pleasure is ‘suffering’ (vedna) and pain is distress as well. If pleasure is ‘suffering’, it cannot be considered a pleasure. If pleasure is enjoyed excessively, it becomes ‘suffering’. How can it be considered a pleasure? These are all entanglements of those living in illusion [of the Self]. To…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/dada-bhagwan-31_happiness_pleasure-is-suffering-vedna-and-pain-is_487842.jpg)
