Fading away is said to be the best of all things whether conditioned or unconditioned ...
If one shows oneself in one way
While actually being otherwise,
What one enjoys is obtained by theft
Like the gains of a cheating gambler.
~SN1.35
In the Tatiyavagga, the Buddha says:
One person, mendicants, arises in the world for the hurt and unhappiness of the people, ...
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Long is the night to the sleepless;
long is the league to the weary.
Long is worldly existence to fools
who know not the Sublime Truth.
~Dhammapada 60
