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of our our our wisdom Do it it repeatedly constantly—just like when we meditate daily which is is the the way to to cultivate cultivate our our our mind making our our our concentration more robust When we have the the the intention to to to to cultivate cultivate our our mind mind mind to to to to be be in in in in in in in the the the present to to to to be be with mindfulness and when we we practice (our mind) to to to to extinguish sufferings—the question is: Are they different? They are not However the the the objective here is is is is to to extinguish extinguish sufferings sufferings that have already emerged—When sufferings sufferings emerge emerge what is is is is is the the easiest way to extinguish extinguish extinguish them What we do here is is is is called “extinguishing mental sufferings ”
Once mental mental mental sufferings have have have been extinguished mental mental mental sensations have have have ceased mental mental mental difficulties difficulties have have have disappeared— Although external difficulties difficulties or situations remain but the the mind no longer suffers Here the the the thing that that practitioners should consider is that that that that when sufferings sufferings sufferings are gone we we can still think about the the various matters matters (that used to cause sufferings) Do we we see that that that sufferings sufferings sufferings andproblemsormattersareseparate? Thisisaveryimportant thing as we we usually think that the the the problem problem problem and and the the the sufferings are are always the the the the same When problems problems emerge emerge we we we suffer suffer suffer Sometimes when the the problems problems emerge emerge we we still do not feel any sufferings 134
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