Tag: #buddhism
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BUDDHISM AND LEAVING THE IDEA OF A GOD
“There is the stream of thought, one thought following after another in succession, each thought coming into existence and becoming non-existent at the same moment, that’s all; there is no thinker of thought, no soul. There is no god. It’s all a delusion. We shall only be ourselves when this delusion has vanished.” – Siddhartha…
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BUDDHISM AND EMBRACING THE JARRING REALITY
“Pain is certain. Suffering is optional.” – Siddhartha Gautama Life is fundamentally suffering; there’s nothing but misery and agony everywhere you go; everything you see and in everyday you wake up. There’s nothing but absolute hollowness and lamentation and loathing in each and every human being residing in this absurd and abstract creation. It may…