The Buddhist wondered "what is this" for ninety days,
and then discovered that
time goes very fast,
and suffering is
just a point of view.
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Well, from a strickly Buddhist standpoint, I suppose the answer might be that there is no "this" in opposition to an imagined "that." All is an undifferentiated "one"...I think that if more people accepted this viewpoint, and thus realized that by hurting others (or the planet)they are hurting themselves, the world would certainly be a better place.
Suffering, though, is - in my opinion - more than "just a point of view." It's not entirely born of desires that can be overcome, is it? It's real enough. But knowing it's part of life - AND learning to accept that fact - AND by not clinging to things that are subject to flux - AND by identifying not with your personal circumstances but rather with the oneness which we together constitute - that's the (Buddhist) key to dealing with it. What a practical philosophy.
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