Eliminating suffering from your life and increasing happiness will make it go better. The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends. That way you'll be able to satisfy most of your desires. You won't be left wanting something you can't get. It's no good having a desperate urge to own a mansion if you won't ever have the money to buy one. Don't spend your whole life working in order to get something that is probably beyond your reach anyway. It's far better to live in a simple way. If your desires are simple
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