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The Buddha and illness

The Buddha taught that illness and decay are not punishments or aberrations but natural parts of being alive, and that suffering comes not from the body's limitations but from resisting them. This perspective frees us from the exhausting battle against reality and redirects energy toward acceptance and wisdom.

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