The total absence of desire brings happiness. It also brings freedom and liberation, because whenever something is lacking there are both limits and dependency. Only when nothing at all is lacking is there the possibility of total freedom. Freedom brings happiness. And happiness is salvation. β¨ Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Osho, Krishna Prem (Swami.) (1984). The Long and the Short and the All, Osho International Foundation
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