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We are stimulation seeking creatures ...

No problems? Boring ... We go out and OD on cake and try:

• sympathy
• 'never again' until the next black forest gateaux
• sign up at the gym but never go

oops ...

@Ren_in_black said:
So does this mean that @Kerome can have his cake (happiness) and eat it (coming, going...cessation) too?

It’s a good question. I think it would depend who you are asking. A Theravadin would probably say not. A Thich Nhat Hanh follower might say yes. A Zen devotee would probably stay silent.

I will just carry on, and ignore the fart jokes

@Ren_in_black said:

@federica said:
He was of this world, but not in it. In other words matters touched him, but he was teflon-coated. Sorrow might arise, but it also falls away unhindered. He held, he didn't cling. He saw, but didn't absorb. He heard, but it didn't penetrate. He accepted, but he didn't keep.

Is my view.

Same for joy, in your view?

Yes, Joy for Joy's sake, not for its longing...

@Choephal said:
The Paranibbana Sutta describes him saying that he was experiencing physical pain as he lay dying. But tt goes on to say that his equanimity was constant and undisturbed.

Same for pleasure (for example, a cool breeze and sweet-scented air), do you think?

Don't we also know that a breeze is transitory? We don't cling to the breeze, nor does it cling to us... it comes, it is, it goes. Such is Life. As we say, about everything, including Wind - this too shall pass...