RE: So I am Here with My first Question
June 16, 2019 at 6:19 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2019 at 6:22 pm by SenseMaker007.)
(June 16, 2019 at 6:16 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I never saw Theravada Buddhism as a "faith." One could even say that the first three Noble Truths are a logical statement.
pemise 1: life is suffering
premise 2: suffering comes from attachment
conclusion: Therefore, to be free from suffering, one must be free from attachment.
Something like that, anyway...
Schopenhauer's views are similar and he's, obviously, a philosopher and not a faith leader.
David Benatar's views are very Buddhist too. But without the possibility of enlightenment.
The only really religious-y bit in Buddhism ... is the literal past lives, literal rebirth and literal karma. But it may be the case that the Buddha got idolized and exaggerated and the religion that Buddhism became is quite different to what the Buddha actually taught.
