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The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
by David Webster
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David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby we must desire to end desire, the varieties of desire that are articulated in the...(more)
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Quotes from The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)

Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to sense-pleasures, nor does he cling to views, nor to precepts and vows, nor to a Self-doctrine. Not clinking, he is not disturbed; not disturbed, he attains individually nibbana.

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha : Indian mystic, founder of Buddhism
Buddha (563 - 483 BC)
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