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View submission: Buddhism is NOT life-denying.
Suffering is CONTAINED in life, not the whole facet of it.
This isn't quite what the buddhist teaching on dukkha (suffering) is about.
For those who would like to understand the basic relevance of dukkha (suffering) to buddhism, Dhammacakkappavattanasutta is a good text to check out. I also wrote a short summary of what dukkha (suffering) in the sutta is about:
https://www.reddit.com/r/zenbuddhism/comments/131l1t2/the_four_noble_truths_and_the_relationship_of/
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Those interested in the pervasiveness of dukkha (suffering) through the six modes of being/life, can explore and investigate the dharma mark of:
While discussing about dukkha (suffering) in buddhism, might be helpful to note also that dukkha (suffering) is a key theme in sravakayana buddhism, and not quite so much in mahayana buddhism of which the zen school is part of.
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Finally, like to point out that u/jundocohen has a history in this sub of misinterpreting zen koans, even as he likes to dish out his explanations of koans with the supposed authority of a Soto zen priest.
In one of his posts in this thread, he has finally corrected his erroneous translation of a term (谛观 - from "listen" to "observe") in Case 1 of Book of Serenity after being pointed out to him two years ago, but it seems he is still trying to push the koan as about silence in this thread.
Used to be able to respond to his posts, like the factual mistakes and his misleading translation of chinese words, as per this post (https://www.reddit.com/r/zenbuddhism/comments/10ex8b2/understanding_the_koans_of_the_book_of_serenity/j4v1ibw/[1]), but well, he has blocked me.
For those interested in koan texts like Book of Serenity and Blue Cliff Record, it's a good idea to check out the actual lines of the source texts and not rely fully on other's explanations.
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