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- A queen once asked her advisor, the grand vizier, why she never seemed able to
- find mental contentment. The vizier spoke to her, "Your
- excellency, it is because your mind is constantly occupied with your
- many exquisite possessions. When your mind is absorbed with thoughts of
- jewels, palaces, and gold it cannot find equilibrium." The queen pondered
- the vizier's words, and realized that he had spoken the truth. She decided to
- renounce her wealth and go live in the forest. She passed
- many years of simple living but still did not find inner peace. One day
- as she was gathering firewood she met the vizier on the road and told him of
- her plight. "My lady," he said, "even though you live simply, your mind still
- hankers for your lost wealth. Your mind is even more absorbed with riches
- than before, and so you have not found peace."
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