Definitions

Life is a Bitch;

Life is Fundamentally Suffering

1.) As in, it is impossible to be happy in the world as-it-is with people as-they-are because –

• ‘Life’s a bitch and then you die’
• ‘You can’t change human nature’.
• ‘Suffering is good for you’
• ‘You learn and grow through suffering’
• You should accept yourself as you are … and so on ...

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2.) As in it is impossible to be happy in the world as-it-is with people as-they-are because –

1. Life is fundamentally disappointment and suffering;
2. suffering is a result of one’s desires for pleasure, power, and continued existence;
3. in order to stop disappointment and suffering one must stop desiring; and
4. the way to stop desiring and thus suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path – right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right awareness, and right concentration.

These are ‘Four Noble Truths’ that are held to be the essence of Mr. Buddha’s teaching.

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3.) ‘life is fundamentally disappointment and suffering’ – the first and underlying principle of Mr. Buddha’s ‘Four Noble Truths’.