Buddha says that desire and attachment generate suffering. The closest thing to having it all is not desiring anything. The more desires a person has, the poorer they feel. The less desires a person has, the richer they feel. The feeling of poverty does not decrease with a pair of 0s on the right in the bank account. But with the elimination of unnecessary desires. Because we can accumulate and continue accumulating external wealth, but if we continue feeding our internal desires, our feeling of poverty will not decrease. Beggars are full of desires. Kings and queens live in nirvana in the total absence of desires and they choose which desires to follow just to have fun or to amuse others.
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Who is really poor and who is really rich?
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