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Old 05-04-2010, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by calvindog View Post
Yes, I would hate to think that the buyer wasn't concerned about the suffering of others.
According to Buddhism, as I understand it at a rudimentary level, one of the four Noble Truths is that suffering result from an attachment to transient things such as wealth and prestige, so perhaps really the winner is the one suffering here and not the have-nots.
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