/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10527800]

>being is suffering

[Anonymous No.10527872]

>>10527800
>suffering is being

[Anonymous No.10527909]

>>10527800
Sounds Buddhist to be desu

[Anonymous No.10528354]

>nothing matters but money and the blade

[Anonymous No.10528363]

>>10527800
Its true though

[Anonymous No.10529050]

[Anonymous No.10529125]

>>10527800
>he doesn't realize that being is suffering

[Anonymous No.10529308]

>>10527800
>greentexting

[Anonymous No.10529322]

>>10527800
It is, but you might need to get a little older before this becomes obvious for you.

[Anonymous No.10529342]

>>10527800
Not at every moment. If you don't let anxiety over future suffering bother you it can be quite pleasant.

[Anonymous No.10529360]

>life is struggle

[Anonymous No.10529405]

>>10529342
I'm slowly realizing this. Any recommended readings on having a more pleasant outlook/reducing anxiety?

[Anonymous No.10529481]

>>10529050
based simpson poster

[Anonymous No.10529502]

>Suffering means god likes you
I always find this in history and I'm finally starting to understand it.

[Anonymous No.10529510]

>>10529481
Cheers.

[Anonymous No.10529522]

>>10529050
C: Therefore, the cause of existence is desire.

[Anonymous No.10529696]

>>10529405
stoicism, but unironically.

[Anonymous No.10529891]

>>10527800
speak for yourself
i'm ok thanks

[Anonymous No.10529910]

>>10529050
Three: They are both validated if you let them.

[Anonymous No.10531555]

>>10529308
>random Sumail pic on /lit/

[Anonymous No.10531557]

>bean is suffering

[Anonymous No.10531560]

>>10529405
Build a rape dungeon.

[Anonymous No.10531691]

>>10527800
>I do not believe in a fundamental concept of Buddhism, therefore I am intellectually superior to those edgy teenager plebs and neckbeard, right?

[Anonymous No.10532131]

>>10529342
>Not at every moment.
>>10529891
>i'm ok thanks
The Buddhist idea of suffering is like a vicious cycle, or an addiction.
You can say a heroin addict feels really nice and high sometimes, but this is not really a good thing because that pleasure is a means of perpetuated addiction and the harm that comes with it.
That's why you have Paṭikkūlamanasikāra (contemplation of repulsiveness), where you go through all the repulsive / unclean bodily components that make you up, or Maraṇasati (contemplation of death), where you reflect on the different stages of a decomposing corpse. They're methods of waking you up to the situation you're in.
It seems really common to forget Gautama Buddha wasn't born into some disgusting hellhole that makes his view of suffering inapplicable us in modern times. It's the complete opposite, he was born into extreme luxury and comfort. Feeling good / enjoying life aren't some sort of counterargument against Buddhism, they were covered from the beginning as part of the seductive illusions that keep you coming back to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

[Anonymous No.10532153]

>>10527800
>Being is loving and be loved
>not loving and not being loved causes suffering

[Anonymous No.10532265]

>>10532153
>not loving and not being loved causes suffering
No, I'm pretty sure it's your body being a fallible meat sack subject to pain, disease, and decay that causes actual suffering.

[Anonymous No.10532279]

>>10532265
What about the mental anguish?

[Anonymous No.10532291]

>>10532279
I do not see any reasonable argument for holding that "not being loved" is worse than multiple sclerosis i.e. your immune system attacking your brain so you lose voluntary muscle function and end up needing your intestine pulled through your abdomen to drain liquid feces into a taped on plastic bag and a tube up your penis to keep you from pissing yourself.