Ye suffer from yourselves.
Edwin Arnold The Light of Asia, Book VIII (1879)
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When and why it was written
- When
- From The Light of Asia, Edwin Arnold's 1879 narrative poem on the life and teaching of the Buddha.
- Why
- In the final book, the Buddha begins his teaching on the cause of suffering.
What it means
Arnold's Buddha says that much suffering is made inside us, by craving and clinging. The line is not blame; it is where the way out begins.
If the cause is within, so is the remedy.
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