Though our worldly dealings call on us to take action, the intrinsic dukkha nature of life distorts our actions. Peculiar cravings and fears, selfish intentions and unconscious motivations get in our way. They pull us off the path. They bog us down in a self. But the Buddha said that selflessness ends dukkha. So the question is: can we really find a way to be active, to choose, to decide -- to take one path while foregoing another -- without falling into a self?
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