🧠 WRQ2 – QUIZ FOR WHEN YOU SUFFER BECAUSE OF MATERIAL THINGS

❌ Incorrect.
This feeling shows your attachment to abundance and the belief that material wealth is the basis of stability.
📜 “As long as there is craving, there is suffering.”

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❌ Incorrect.
This “enough” is temporary, as your mind has not let go of control and insecurity.
📜 “Lack isn’t suffering – fear of lack is.”

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✅ Correct.
When you feel peaceful with the present, you are letting go of your identification with material things.
📜 “The one who knows contentment is the richest of all.”

❌ Incorrect.
This is suffering caused by comparison and pride, not real material loss.
📜 “Those who envy are burning themselves.”

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✅ Correct.
A mind that knows contentment not only eases anxiety but also opens the path to peace beyond material things.
📜 “With contentment, even sleeping on the ground brings peace.”

❌ Not quite.
Feeling uneasy when others seem better off is a sign of comparison and ego.
📜 “The bigger the ego, the deeper the suffering.”
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❌ Not quite.
Daily repetition of anxiety shows your mind is obsessed with the idea of lack and identifying with material possessions.
📜 “We suffer not from lack itself, but from the belief that we are lacking.”
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❌ Not quite.
Unawareness of your inner state shows a lack of clarity about the root of suffering.
📜 “One who doesn’t know they’re suffering is still lost in ignorance.”
🔁 Please choose another option.

❌ Not quite.
When we attach our self-worth to wealth, we easily lose confidence and strain our relationships. But the root hasn’t been touched.
📜 “One who bases dignity on wealth will always be poor in spirit.”
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❌ Not quite.
Work is just the external result. If the mind is restless, everything becomes difficult. This is a symptom, not the cause.
📜 “When the mind is unsettled, actions won’t flow smoothly.”
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✅ Correct.
Emotions and health are usually the first areas where suffering manifests. Prolonged worry weakens both body and mind.
📜 “The body suffers due to the mind, the mind suffers due to desire.”

❌ Not quite.
Losing direction is a deeper consequence, but not always the first sign. Material suffering often begins with subtle impacts on emotions and health.
📜 “Clinging to appearances is the root of delusion.”
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❌ Not quite.
Comparison is the doorway to suffering — there will always be someone “better” in some way.
📜 “Comparison is the beginning of delusion.”
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❌ Not quite.
Blaming yourself doesn’t help — it only deepens the wound of self-doubt. What the mind needs is compassion, not punishment.
📜 “No one deserves your hatred more than yourself, if you hate yourself.”
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❌ Not quite.
Working hard can be good, but if it stems from fear and lack, it only feeds anxiety.
📜 “Actions born of fear plant the seeds of suffering.”
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✅ Correct.
When you pause and observe the suffering, it no longer controls you. True peace arises from within.
📜 “Mindfulness is the unmoving refuge in the storm of the world.”

❌ Not quite.
It’s not financial instability itself that causes suffering — it’s the fear around it.
📜 “Nothing is ever enough for one who doesn’t know how to stop.”
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❌ Not quite.
Others’ success does not take away your happiness. Envy steals your joy from within.
📜 “Jealousy is the fire that burns your field of merit.”
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❌ Not quite.
Not enough time often comes from misdirected attention. The issue isn’t time, but wisdom in using it.
📜 “One mindful day surpasses a hundred years of unawareness.”
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✅ Correct.
Not knowing your purpose is the root of all confusion. When your life path becomes clear, peace follows.
📜 “Clarity of path is the greatest source of strength.”

❌ Not quite.
Your value is not in your wallet. Identifying with possessions is the mind’s most common trap.
📜 “It’s not wealth that makes the person — it’s the mind.”
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✅ Correct.
Questioning is the beginning of awakening. When you ask “what is enough,” you’re starting to loosen your attachment to material things.
📜 “One who sees contentment is the richest of all.”

❌ Not quite.
Actions driven by lack are often fueled by fear — and that fear breeds more insecurity.
📜 “Actions born from fear only lead to deeper fear.”
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❌ Not quite.
Suppressing your emotions doesn’t solve them. Awakening means facing the truth with compassion.
📜 “Those who hide their suffering lock their door to liberation.”
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❌ Not quite.
Lack of money is a condition – but suffering from it comes from the mind. Some poor people are happy, while some rich people still suffer.
📜 “It is not external things that make us suffer, but the mind clinging to them.”
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❌ Not quite.
Circumstances are conditions, not the root. The root lies in how you react and label yourself through those conditions.
📜 “No one can make you suffer unless you identify yourself with your past.”
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❌ Not quite.
External pressure only sticks if something inside you allows it.
📜 “The world cannot cling to a mind that has let go.”
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✅ Correct.
The root of suffering is attachment and identification: seeing material things as yourself, your value, your life.
📜 “Ego-clinging is the root of the cycle of birth and death.”

✅ Correct.
No one can throw you into deep lack more than your own consciousness can.
📜 “The mind is the forerunner, the creator, the leader of all things.”
True failure doesn’t come from conditions – it comes from how you see yourself.

❌ Not quite.
Family and environment are supporting conditions – they cannot decide your suffering.
📜 “No one ties you down – unless you hold the rope yourself.”
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❌ Not quite.
Society may pressure you, but your reaction is what creates suffering.
📜 “Being pressured is an event – whether you suffer is in the mind.”
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❌ Not quite.
Believing in fate is one of the biggest blocks to awakening.
📜 “The awakened don’t ask about fate – they ask about the mind.”
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❌ Not quite.
Nothing is absolute. Wishing for certainty in a world of impermanence is the recipe for suffering.
📜 “A mind seeking permanence in impermanence is a mind not yet awake.”
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❌ Not quite.
If your sense of worth depends on external approval, you’re missing the inner source.
📜 “Being respected doesn’t make a poor person more valuable.”
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❌ Not quite.
True freedom doesn’t come from possessions – but from a mind that knows contentment and letting go.
📜 “The one who desires little is the one who is truly free.”
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✅ Correct.
Success and pride are not wrong – but if you suffer for not having them, then you’re attached to them.
📜 “One who lives with right view is accomplished, even if no one sees it.”

❌ Not quite.
Comparison is only a symptom – the root is placing yourself in an invisible race.
📜 “Those who stop while others run are the ones who are truly free.”
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✅ Correct.
The root of expectation is a mind that doesn’t see ‘enough’ and isn’t grounded in the present.
📜 “When you know contentment, there is no lack. When you stop craving, there is no suffering.”

❌ Not quite.
Old beliefs only have power when you don’t examine them. Awakening doesn’t depend on the past.
📜 “A true practitioner lets go even of what once seemed true.”
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❌ Not quite.
External images only touch you if desire already exists inside.
📜 “Craving doesn’t come from the object – it comes from the lack of clarity.”
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❌ Not quite.
The market puts prices on things – not on your mind.
📜 “Those who chase market values often forget their own.”
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❌ Not quite.
Family may influence you, but the one who decides is still you.
📜 “The mind is the master, the leader, the creator of all actions.”
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✅ Correct.
You are the one who gives meaning to money – and fear makes it grow large in your mind.
📜 “If the mind is calm, money is a tool. If the mind is restless, money becomes a chain.”

❌ Not quite.
The right answer must come from the root – not from a collection of influences.
📜 “Once the root is seen, the branches no longer control you.”
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❌ Not quite.
It may sound logical, but if it comes with shame or inferiority, it’s still suffering.
📜 “Seeing yourself as low is another form of ego.”
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❌ Not quite.
Blaming luck is avoiding the truth: everyone has their own causes and conditions.
📜 “Those who don’t sow seeds often blame fate.”
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❌ Not quite.
Jealousy is a real feeling, but if you believe in it, you’re burning yourself.
📜 “The jealous burn away their own blessings.”
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✅ Correct.
The wise turn comparison into joy and growth – that is the mark of an open heart.
📜 “Rejoicing in others’ success is a sign of one walking the path.”

✅ Correct.
Happiness is not in having – it’s in seeing clearly.
📜 “To see the mind is to see the Dhamma. To see the Dhamma is to be free from suffering.”

❌ Not quite.
Recognising the habit but not transforming it still keeps you stuck.
📜 “Awareness is seeing – Practice is changing.”
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❌ Not complete.
It’s good to notice the pressure – but if the expectation is still there, suffering continues.
📜 “Where there is craving, there is still clinging.”
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❌ Not quite.
“The more, the better” is the voice of craving – and craving has no end.
📜 “Those who drink fire to quench thirst only burn more deeply.”
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❌ Not quite.
Greed is not only in the rich – the poor can be just as greedy.
📜 “Greed doesn’t distinguish rich from poor – it separates the wise from the unwise.”
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❌ Not deep enough.
Knowing how to live is a surface skill – the root lies in understanding real value.
📜 “If you don’t know who you are, everything you have is still empty.”
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❌ Not quite.
Loneliness is a feeling – and money is not medicine for feelings.
📜 “Money is external – suffering arises from within.”
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✅ Correct.
Money is a means, not the source of happiness.
📜 “Having no money isn’t suffering – craving money is.”

❌ Not quite.
Reality is always changing, no matter how tightly you hold on.
📜 “All conditioned things are impermanent.”
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❌ Not quite.
No amount of strength can overcome the law of arising and passing away.
📜 “What is born is bound to die.”
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❌ Not complete.
Even if you see impermanence, if there’s still clinging, the suffering remains.
📜 “Seeing is not enough – you must let go.”
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✅ Correct.
Clearly seeing impermanence is the first step toward letting go.
📜 “One who sees impermanence with wisdom walks the path of purification.”

❌ Not quite.
You are not just possessions or status – you still have a body, a mind, and the ability to transform.
📜 “This body is a vehicle – not a burden.”
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✅ Correct.
As long as you have a body, there’s a chance. What matters is that you’re still alive and can return inward.
📜 “The human body is hard to gain – use it for the path.”
🔁 Honour that opportunity.

❌ Not quite.
The feeling of emptiness shows a mistaken identity between ‘me’ and ‘what I have.’
📜 “What is lost was never truly you.”
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✅ Also correct.
One who is truly awake sees: nothing is ever truly lost – it is all phenomena changing form.
📜 “The knowing mind remains unmoved.”

❌ Not quite.
Money won’t follow you when you die – it’s not who you are.
📜 “Wealth and kin will all depart.”
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❌ Not quite.
Fame is impermanent – always changing with time and minds.
📜 “Those who live for fame walk through fire.”
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❌ Not quite.
If your happiness depends on recognition, then you are not yet truly free.
📜 “One who is praised or blamed is still a slave to the world.”
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✅ Correct.
The fear of losing “yourself” shows you are nearing insight into non-self.
📜 “One who sees nothing as ‘mine’ is free from suffering.”

❌ Not quite.
Your worth isn’t defined by achievement – but by your awareness.
📜 “Not succeeding doesn’t mean you’re not worthy.”
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❌ Not complete.
Closing your heart only distances you from true happiness.
📜 “One who locks their heart locks themselves in suffering.”
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✅ Also correct.
Sadness is natural – but the ability to move forward shows inner strength.
📜 “One who knows they are suffering is already waking up.”

✅ Correct.
Seeing the impermanence of outcomes is the first step toward wisdom.
📜 “If it doesn’t happen, let it be – because nothing was ever guaranteed.”

✅ Correct.
Seeing that you’ve lost and still lived shows you the impermanence and illusion of money.
📜 “What is lost was never truly you.”
🔁 You’re already starting to let go.

❌ Not quite.
Being haunted means the attachment hasn’t been transformed.
📜 “Even memory can be a kind of bondage.”
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❌ Not complete.
Feeling hurt is natural – but if it repeats, it may be time for deeper reflection.
📜 “The repetition of emotions is the path of ignorance.”
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❌ Not quite.
Excessive control is also a form of fear.
📜 “Those who live in control are not truly alive.”
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❌ Not quite.
Boredom comes from not yet discovering the joy within.
📜 “Stillness is a deep joy that doesn’t rely on outer stimulation.”
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❌ Not quite.
If you don’t know your purpose, it’s likely you haven’t truly looked within.
📜 “A wandering mind always feels lost.”
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✅ Correct.
Letting go of comparison is the first step toward inner freedom.
📜 “One who no longer needs more or less is as peaceful as a flowing stream.”

❌ Not quite.
Fear of being left behind comes from ego – not from freedom.
📜 “Those who still chase are still bound.”
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❌ Not quite right.
Money may relieve temporary suffering – but cannot cure greed.
📜 “Even if gold rains down, it can never satisfy craving.”
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❌ Not enough.
Financial control brings stability, but suffering persists if the mind clings to material things.
📜 “There is no wealth greater than contentment.”
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✅ Correct.
Only by seeing the impermanence of money and knowing contentment can one be free from the root of suffering.
📜 “One who knows enough – finds joy even when lying on the bare ground.”
🔁 Keep your awareness steady.

❌ Not quite right.
Working hard is not wrong – but if driven by fear or comparison, it leads to an endless cycle of suffering.
📜 “One who runs out of fear – grows ever more exhausted.”
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❌ Not quite right.
Doing more doesn’t necessarily mean suffering less.
📜 “It’s not about doing a lot – but understanding what you’re doing.”
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❌ Not enough.
Financial effectiveness helps, but without right view, inner suffering remains.
📜 “Worldly gain cannot extinguish inner pain.”
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✅ Correct.
Comparison and envy are deep roots of suffering – gratitude is the root of happiness.
📜 “Those who see ‘enough’ – are the ones who are happy.”
🔁 Keep nurturing gratitude.

❌ Not quite right.
Avoidance is not the solution – it is fleeing from inner truth.
📜 “One who runs from the world – has yet to see their own mind.”
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❌ Not quite right.
Material safety doesn’t guarantee inner peace.
📜 “To fear loss – is to have never truly had it.”
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❌ Not enough.
Children may inherit wealth – but you bring only karma and mind with you.
📜 “Only karma is the companion at the time of death.”
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✅ Correct.
Money cannot follow you – only karma and the mind do, life after life.
📜 “Beings carry karma – like shadows follow the body.”
🔁 Time to invest inwardly.

❌ Not quite right.
This uncertainty shows the mind hasn’t yet awakened to the truth of impermanence.
📜 “One who still doubts – has not yet stepped onto the shore of awakening.”
🔁 Please choose another option.