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Is thinking a good thing or a bad thing?

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If we don't think, how will we live?

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Well, is living a good thing or a bad thing?

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If you need to think to live, then you have to ask yourself, do I need to live?

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If you need to live, then, well, I guess that means you need to think.

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Of course, some people can live without thinking, I suppose, or without thinking a lot, so it's not true that you stop living if you stop thinking.

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But whether thinking is a good thing or a bad thing really depends on your perspective and on your belief.

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Because it's actually not a good thing or a bad thing intrinsically.

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It's just a thing.

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And the Buddha's teaching is to realize that.

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To let go of your attachments to thoughts as good or bad.

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And desire for new thoughts.

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Or even your desire for not having thoughts.

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to give up entirely thinking and to let go.