Buddhism has been a force for good on this planet for an incredible 2,500 years.
We do not search for these and do not wish to encounter them. Even when they have not arrived, we are afraid that they will soon arrive
People have to face a mixture of happiness and suffering throughout their lives. It is likely that the proportion of suffering usually exceeds happiness.
Nirvana is the place where suffering cannot access. It is above the rule of the Three Characteristics In that place there is no birth. Getting old, suffering from disease, death, or rebirth
Is there any place in the world that is without suffering? No. How come Prince Siddhartha became ordained?
The Lord Buddha said, “According to the real basics of life, life is suffering, which we don’t know.” As a metaphor for this saying
Every person in the world desires happiness, hates suffering, and hopes to find true fulfillment. But billions of people have yet to learn the nature of true happiness.
Buddhism is unique in teaching a way to overcome suffering, with its aim definitively to liberate oneself from the Cycle of Existence [vadda-samsara] thereby attaining the highest eternal happiness
It’s the case of knowing someone who’s undergoing untold suffering and distress and wishes to commit suicide. Is there a way to console or recommendation we can offer to encourage him to choose life?
Later, young Chaiboon came to a clear realisation that knowledge of the world could not truly keep humankind from suffering, or be able to attain true happiness; only the wisdom derived from meditation could help.
