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helppp queen this is so funny to me what did u write abt

Thanks for asking! I mostly used the last arc for my example. I argued that a life of ascetism will lead to only suffering if it is forced upon someone, as it was for Xin and Tan (though what they went through is more so emotional asceticism than complete asceticism but I digress). Especially in the modern age, outside "worldly" influences will be inevitable ex, Lau teaching Xin about the outside world, that will cause someone to yearn for a life beyond what they have. It's understandable that someone would give up worldly pleasures for enlightenment, but I argued that if you never even had a chance to find out about those pleasures in the first place, you don't really even understand what you're sacrificing comfort for. For my other examples, I used Siddartha (the novel) and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Ur last sentence is so real Kr version comes out August 13th. Idk how soon the English translation will be out because m*nta is lowkey bootycheeks

thank uuuu. i can't hold on any longer but i also love being edged