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Well, the Buddhists are more optimistic than that! They have lots of techniques and ways of thinking to reduce suffering. I recommend reading up on their life p
by malteof 3y ago
Well, the Buddhists are more optimistic than that! They have lots of techniques and ways of thinking to reduce suffering. I recommend reading up on their life philosophy, they’re far from nihilists.
- stef25 3y agoLinks ?
- bowsamic 3y agohttps://tricycle.org/beginners/ https://tricycle.org/beginners/ https://www.amazon.de/Buddhas-Words-Anthology-Discourses-Teachings/dp/0861714911 https://www.amazon.de/Buddhas-Words-Anthology-Discourses-Tea... https://suttacentral.net/mn https://suttacentral.net/mn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81ramit%C4%81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81ramit%C4%81 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Charles-B-Jones/dp/1611808901/ https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Charles-B-Jones/dp/1611808901/ https://www.amazon.com/The-Library-of-Wisdom-and-Compassion-9-book-series/dp/B078YG7K5Q https://www.amazon.com/The-Library-of-Wisdom-and-Compassion-... http://shinranworks.com/ http://shinranworks.com/
- wegfawefgawefg 3y agoThe absense of the need for optimism is not the same as optimism.
- bowsamic 3y agoThe main doctrine of Buddhism is that eternal bliss is possible, how is that not optimistic? I'm a Jodo Shinshu Pure Land Buddhist and as far as I can tell all Buddhists believe in this, it's the third noble truth after all. To me it seems more optimistic to think that our current life is somehow limited and flawed and that a mind and experience beyond it is possible (Buddhahood) than to think that it's not possible and we are stuck as limited suffering beings.
- wegfawefgawefg 3y agoBliss via relinquishing desire and agency is different from optimism.
- bowsamic 3y agoThankfully in Buddhism there is neither relinquishing desire nor agency. I think those are misconceptions.