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In terms of generating karma, what difference is there between making people happy and relieving people of suffering?

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On a mundane level or a conceptual level, there is a difference.

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Bringing people happy feelings, for example, is quite different from freeing them from suffering.

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But on an ultimate level, there's no difference.

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There's no difference between happiness and freedom from suffering.

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Happiness, peace, peace, happiness, and freedom from suffering are all the same thing.

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is important to understand it's important to note that happy feelings are not the goal peaceful feelings are not the goal because they're impermanent they're part of the flux they come and they go and they might very well be replaced by something else if the goal were those things then the goal would be something that is impermanent and moreover it would be a goal that is

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subject to attachment so it would be a goal that can still be clung to and it would be a goal that wasn't capable of removing your clinging because it wasn't capable of removing your clinging it would still lead to suffering when the feelings disappear

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So it's actually, if you're talking about that kind of happiness, then it's actually the opposite.

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It's to give up the attainment of happy feelings or sensations.

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That truly does free you from suffering, and as long as there is seeking out these states, some kind of preference for these states, thinking of them as the goal, then there will always be suffering following it, because they're

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They don't last and because of the nature of clinging that it necessitates disappointment.

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It takes you out of balance.

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So it creates stress.