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Buddhism teaches that there’s reality as it is, and then there’s reality as we humans perceive or understand it.
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
Noah Rasheta
Money seems to be locally zero-sum (after a trade happens, Person A has –$1, Person B has +$1), but actually money is glob- ally positive-sum. In a voluntary exchange, A and B both gain in wealth because they both get non-monetary benefit from making the trade.
The Anthology Of Balaji
Eric Jorgenson
Among many other qualities, a woman wants the “killer” in her man. She is turned off if her man is afraid and wants her to kill the cockroach or the mouse while he stands on a chair and watches. She is turned off if her man wants her to get out of bed in order to check out the strange sounds in the house to find out if a burglar made the noise. Fearlessness, or the capacity to transcend the fear of death for the sake of love, is a quintessential form of the ultimate masculine gift.
The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida
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