"Cutting off the seven emotions and six desires makes you a cold and heartless deity; only with love can one understand compassion for all living beings."
"It's not like you only have to sever your seven emotions and six desires once you attain Buddhahood. I remember you don't need to do that to become an immortal!"
"I think the Queen Mother makes a fair point! Take Greece, for example—doesn't Zeus just run around looking for wives all the time, which ends up causing all sorts of trouble with his children?"
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