The historical Siddhartha Gautama adopted an extreme ascetic life after leaving his father's palace, where he once lived in extreme luxury.
But then it was also odd, very odd, that the modern world itself combined extreme bodily luxury with an extreme absence of artistic pomp.
The extreme luxury of this hotel suite made him uneasy.
So, extreme luxury or extreme design - which is it to be?
The children grow accustomed to extreme luxury and believe that they too must possess the same luxury as their parents, even if their income is much less.
His name became a byword for extreme luxury.
The show's producers and cast seem content to build an extreme home with extreme luxury in the middle of an extremely poverty-stricken community.
"Chinese people love brands and have a good feeling about luxury, about extreme luxury," he said.
The 1933 Cadillac V-16 Convertible Victoria represented extreme luxury in the depths of the Depression.
Such wooden products from one are considered as an extreme luxury.