• BobTheDestroyer@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    Looking at the Community rules, I don’t see ‘no Buddhism’ so let’s go

    1. life is suffering
    2. Suffering comes from attachment, craving, and ignorance, particularly craving for things that are impermanent
    3. Suffering can be overcome by eliminating the causes of suffering, specifically by extinguishing craving and attachment
    4. There’s a whole step by step program for doing that which they say leads to the end of suffering

    I’ve been working this program for a while and it seems pretty effective. I started with the question “what do you do when you want something you know you just can’t have?” The only real answer I could come up with was to let go of wanting it. That led down the rabbit hole and now I’m typing out the four noble truths on a lemmy memes community.

    To be honest, though, it’s probably the most difficult task I’ve ever set out to achieve. So, yeah, there’s no easy fix.

    • four@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      It sure is a tricky one. Going down that path is counter-productive to achieving the things you want (obviously) so it’s hard to convince yourself to do it. But also wanting to eliminate the suffering could be considered a craving as well, which just causes more suffering. I’ve taken few steps down that path, then a few back. Not sure where I stand now, but even those few steps can give some relief

  • MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com
    2·
    2 hours ago

    It wouldn’t HAVE to be endless suffering if it wasn’t for the majority of people living their lives for reasons besides than to be happy.

    Making society and life in general more difficult just because “it brings us closer to God” is the wrong way to run things and always has been.

  • UltraHamster64@lemmy.world
    131·
    6 hours ago

    The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.