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I'm pretty sure that what Pratchett calls "knurd" here, Buddists call "enlightenment".

• whatshisface 7y ago
  Cynicism is knowing that Santa isn't real and enlightenment is having the emotional maturity to deal with it.
• monktastic1 7y ago
  The Buddhists certainly wouldn't agree that enlightenment is "excruciating." To the contrary, that's what a mind experiences when it's on the brink of awakening but can't let go of the fundamental illusion of 'self.'