There is pleasure when a sore is scratched,
But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires,
But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
Nagarjuna
from the book Nagarjuna's Precious Garland: Buddhist Advice For Living And Liberation
translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
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