“O king, thousands of causes for grief and hundreds of fears overwhelm the ignorant day after day, but never the wise. Suffering and pain are afflictions of the body only. Learned men know that their true identity is different from the body and that misery is an illusion. O great hero, men like you are never subject to illusion. They are detached from the body and indeed from all material circumstances. Attachment is the root cause of suffering, dear child. This is well known to you. Fix yourself in that knowledge now and take heart.”
