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View submission: Buddhism is NOT life-denying.
I don't know about whether Buddhism is life-denying or not. I do know certain self-identifying buddhists seem to be life-denying. Saying that life is just an illusion. Maybe they should call themselves nihilists instead of buddhists.
Comment by MrMermaiid at 21/01/2025 at 21:37 UTC
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Seeing life as an illusion has nothing to do with nihilism. Also nihilism is often mis-understood, but regardless, it’s very different from Buddhism. In Buddhism life is an illusion SORT OF in a sense, but knowing that doesn’t do u any good. Buddhism believes that regardless of what life is, you have to live it either way, so you need to take action and responsibility for how you live your life. If you were to think being Buddhist means “oh life is an illusion I’ll do whatever I want,” your doing almost the exact opposite of Buddhism