Desires Lead To Unhappiness

A poor man asked the Buddha, “Why am I so poor?”

The Buddha said, “you do not learn to give.”

So the poor man said, “If I’m not having anything?”

Buddha said: “You have a few things,

The Face, which can give a smile;

Mouth: you can praise or comfort others;

The Heart: it can open up to others;

Eyes: who can look the other with the eyes of goodness;

Body: which can be used to help others.”

"Body: You can use your own labor help out the others" is what inspired prostitution


Dean, as with all teachings, how you interpret is important, but I wouldn't call it flawed. 

If you were to say that Buddha taught that you should let go of all desires to be truly happy because it is the unattainable desires that lead to unhappiness.  

If you have no desires, no goals, no passion for anything, then it's hard to improve.  So that would be flawed.  

Again, it could be interpreted differently.

Saying "Body" inspired a person to be a prostitute is a bit of a stretch. 

It's like saying "Thou shalt love thy neighbour..." inspiring you to commit adultery.  

There are flaws in everything if you pick and choose the words that you want to see.  Your inspired comment will get a good laugh for my next presentation, though.  I think I'll have to use it.