In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. As a result, desiring them can only bring suffering.
In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. As a result, desiring them can only bring suffering.
That’s fine. Did you know according the people “in charge” of Buddhist sects there are only 28(ish) people who have reached nirvana and they even say that they are all reincarnations of Gautama, which makes the whole escaping Samsara thing kinda a losing battle for all of us if you think about it for a second.
Mahayana even doesn’t agree and says that none of us get out of it until all of us do (which at least hold consistent that you can’t have humans suffering if there are no humans left)
I think you may be looking to much into it though. But apparently so am I.
Sometimes you are just miserable.
And sometimes you aren’t.
I wish you well on your path however you choose to go it, and if you choose nothing at all I hope the fates are kind.
I think you summed it up well. We’re overthinking this. But also I approach Buddhist philosophy like I approach all philosophy. I’m reminded of how a couple friends of mine open relationship classes they teach “if this helps you wonderful, use it, and if it doesn’t that’s ok too.”
The whole package is great, but it’s not for me but wisdom often comes from the contemplation of ideas, including ones you don’t adopt.