Life as a whole is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence.
The Four Noble Truths
1. Life means suffering.
2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The path to the cessation of suffering.
Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things. The reasons for suffering is raving and clinging. Suffering can be ended by attaining dispassion.
Attaining and perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately results in the state of Nirvana. Nirvana means freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and ideas. Nirvana is not comprehensible for those who have not attained it.
Buddhism teaches us how to get rid of this unhappiness. Buddhism offers every human being the hope of attaining his salvation one day.
Buddhism encourages us to be realistic: we must learn to see things as they truly are. It is a realistic religion, it is just diversified, like everything in a human being.
In support
ReplyDeleteFocus on suffering and inherent tendency of human nature towards greed, hatred and ignorance, as well as strong forces of samsara and difficulties of breaking the bonds of attachment lead to pessimistic outlook. Goal of nibbana so difficult. First two truths focus on suffering.
Against
Buddhist path offers a clear and definite way to overcome the force of samsara through the middle way. Not difficult as based in morality and living a good life. The promise of freedom from suffering and attachment just as strong as the dangers of the focus on suffering. It is within human capacity to control own destiny, not dependent on priests or other supernatural forces