{"id":1184,"date":"2008-01-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/01\/daily-buddhist-wisdom-for-wedn-15.html"},"modified":"2008-01-30T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T01:00:00","slug":"daily-buddhist-wisdom-for-wedn-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/01\/daily-buddhist-wisdom-for-wedn-15.html","title":{"rendered":"Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 29, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to what some people might believe, there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is wrong is the confused way we grasp onto these pleasures, turning them from a source of happiness into a source of pain and dissatisfaction.<br \/>\n&#8211;Lama Thubten Yeshe, &#8220;Introduction to Tantra&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. 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