All the delightful things of the world--sweet sounds, lovely forms, all the pleasant tastes and touches and thoughts--these are all agreed to bring happiness if they are not grasped and possessed. But if you regard them merely as pleasures for your own use and satisfaction and do not see them as passing wonders, they will bring suffering. -Sutta Nipata James: Pleasure doesn't always mean that we suffer. It seems that some of us believe that one must live an austere and bland life in order...
