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That ‘self’ wants what taṇhā wants, thus it pursues this or that thing in accord with that
kind of desire. It wants the pleasures arising from the five senses, from sights, sounds,
smells, tastes, and touches. These are the things it desires. So, if a lot of that is acquired
it’s a great gain, if not it’s a loss, or if enough is got to make it worth the effort that won’t
provoke any feeling of real satisfaction, because the defilement of tanhā will always want
more.
The Buddha said that even two or three mountains of gold still wouldn’t be enough to
satisfy the desires of one ignorant person. Think about it, how big is one mountain?, yet
even two or three transformed into mountains of gold still wouldn’t satisfy the desires of
even one defiled human being. Such a person in this world even possessing gold beyond
measure still wouldn’t have enough.
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