The Buddha talked about trishna – thirst or hankering and he put it so simply as one of the 4 noble truths, the second being “Suffering arises from attachment to desires”. Krishna talks about Desires in the Gita and says they are insatiable; the more one feeds them, the more they arise. Undeniably, getting rid [...]
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2 D’s – Diwali and Desires – Part 1
Posted in Life, tagged Desires, Diwali on October 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Diwali is just round the corner and retailers are doing what they are best at – offering sales and discounts and luring consumers to open their purse strings. Today’s newspapers arrived with a bunch of ad’s – the most tempting being the magazine from Croma peddling everything from LCD/LED’s, Plasma TVs Refrigerators, Washing Machines, latest mobile [...]
