This is a good time to read Brecht. Here’s a translation of my own of Brecht’s Buddha’s parable of the burning house - Def plaguetime reading Gotama, the Buddha, taught the doctrine of the wheel of lust, on which we are broken and advised the undoing of desire and going wishless into Nothing, which he called Nirvana. One day a pupil asked him, What is this Nothing, Master? We all wish To throw off all desire, as you advice, but tell us If this Nothing in which we will enter Is something like being one with all creation when one lies in water, floating, in the afternoon, Almost without thought, at ease in the water, or like Falling asleep, hardly knowing one has Tossed away the blanket, quickly sinking – Whether this nothing is joyful, a good nothing, Or whether this nothing of yours is only simply nothing, cold, empty and meaningless. The Buddha was silent for a long while then he said There is no answer to your question. But towards ev
“I’m so bored. I hate my life.” - Britney Spears
Das Langweilige ist interessant geworden, weil das Interessante angefangen hat langweilig zu werden. – Thomas Mann
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