People added the “Life is” part. The four noble truths are written like a doctor’s diagnosis for the time.
Issue: Suffering, particularly clinging to the aggregates
Cause: Craving
Is it treatable: Yes, by ending craving
Prescription: Eightfold path
Buddhism doesn’t deny that life contains pleasure and joy. In a very real way, part of the path includes its development through the jhanas, or right concentration.
Not to my mind, sorry.
Now, I don’t mean to disagree for the sake of internet battles or ego (because who the hell am I?),
But… I find OP’s statement a super-generalistic, toxic, self-defeating takeaway from both the OP quote, and as you say, Buddhism in general. (that said, there are plenty of valid critiques upon various schools of Buddhism IMO)
This is basically the central conceit to Buddhism
Eh, I think Buddhism is moreso about managing longings to minimize personal suffering.
Y’all seem to be extrapolating things from the OP that I’m not sure is really there.
Literally the first thing that Buddhism has to teach is “Life is suffering”. Its the first Noble Truth
People added the “Life is” part. The four noble truths are written like a doctor’s diagnosis for the time.
Issue: Suffering, particularly clinging to the aggregates
Cause: Craving Is it treatable: Yes, by ending craving
Prescription: Eightfold path
Buddhism doesn’t deny that life contains pleasure and joy. In a very real way, part of the path includes its development through the jhanas, or right concentration.
I know, I wasn’t coming in here to have a theological discussion. I’m just pointing out the similarities.
And there you go! 🙂
Right. So that seems pretty similar to
doesn’t it?
Not to my mind, sorry.
Now, I don’t mean to disagree for the sake of internet battles or ego (because who the hell am I?),
But… I find OP’s statement a super-generalistic, toxic, self-defeating takeaway from both the OP quote, and as you say, Buddhism in general. (that said, there are plenty of valid critiques upon various schools of Buddhism IMO)