Originally Posted by
AK404
No, the root of that kind of suffering is a desire to return to a state where such extremes of pain do not exist - or to be more precise, the memory of such pain - and since one cannot reverse time in such a way that the pain (or knowing such pain) magically goes away, one feels suffering at the sense of helplessness at not being able to do so.
So the root of all suffering is...the actual suffering. Dude, I SEE it. Who knew? I've been so blind....
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