THE NATURE OF CRAVING AND HAPPINESS Much of our suffering depends on our perceptions and desire. Whenever we don’t get what we want, we suffer. But the truth is that sometimes we do get what we want and yet we suffer even more. Maybe it’s not what we thought it was, it doesn’t have the desired effect, or it changes something else in our lives for the worse. Sometimes, after we get the thing we thought we wanted, we don’t treasure it anymore, and we want something else instead. People tend to think of happiness in terms of having plenty of fame, power, wealth, and sensual pleasures. But we know
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