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.
It wasn’t made political: it’s always been political. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it wasn’t political then or isn’t political now.
There are entire political parties functionally dedicated to the opposition of this statement.
Oh man, Sidhartha Gautama, is basically born of politics.
Prince, who rallies against the ruling ideals of Hindu beliefs of suffering being the best way to live life and that hurting yourself brings you closer to holy instead of further from reality.
Heck, Buddhism at its original core is less a religion and more of a counter culture movement against the ruling political and social ideas of his time.