Buddhism
According to Buddhism, the main source of our suffering is our preoccupation with our own desires. Suffering is said to be caused by selfish cravings and desires. The way to enlightenment, for Buddhism, therefore involves detaching from our narrow concern with ourselves, escaping the prison of our own desires and illusions.Do you think it is possible to live according to this teaching in the contemporary United States? Is there a conflict between what Buddhism teaches, and how we are encouraged to think and act in our society? What are your thoughts on this?I think that in the U.S. our main goal is higher education and material things. Our belief will be compromise if we were true Buddhist. Regardless of how centered a person may try to stay or how uncaring about material things it will take a toll on your every day life. We live our life to go to work make money and live comfortably but in order to live comfortably in US especially New York you got to continue to push to be better and have better because of inflation. We can't just stick with a position as trying to help people and live off nothing. Even Pastors and Priest have to make money one way or another. I believe that its great to try not to live for the material things but in this day and age its almost impossible.
posted by Esther Dee @ 3:17 PM
1 Comments:
I think you are right about the material pressures incumbent upon us. There may well be a conflict here.
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