This is the topic of a speech at Stanford. Lot of Medical scholars and Buddhist monks hold a discussion. A humourous line from this discussion:
If you are going to be run over by an elephant, then it is good to have a sense of fear, but the fear that comes from constant feeling of insecurity means that the mind is not functioning in an optimal way :)
There is an easy way and hard way to end suffering. But suffering is a part of human condition - there is an old French saying that "He who is laughing hasn't heard the bad news yet" :)
If you are going to be run over by an elephant, then it is good to have a sense of fear, but the fear that comes from constant feeling of insecurity means that the mind is not functioning in an optimal way :)
There is an easy way and hard way to end suffering. But suffering is a part of human condition - there is an old French saying that "He who is laughing hasn't heard the bad news yet" :)
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