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**LookSe** · 01-15-2012, 02:31 PM

the buddha did not teach "life is suffering". this is a very common misunderstanding

the buddha taught believing death is nirvana is to "overreach"...in other words, to miss the nirvana of the here & now

kind regards

How, bhikkhus, do some overreach? Now some are troubled, ashamed and disgusted by this very same being and they rejoice in (the idea of) non-being, asserting: 'In as much as this self, good sirs, when the body perishes at death, is annihilated and destroyed and does not exist after death — this is peaceful, this is excellent, this is reality!' Thus, bhikkhus, do some overreach.

Iti 2.22

01-15-2012, 02:31 PM	#6
LookSe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 550 Senior Member	the buddha did not teach "life is suffering". this is a very common misunderstanding the buddha taught believing death is nirvana is to "overreach"...in other words, to miss the nirvana of the here & now kind regards How, bhikkhus, do some overreach? Now some are troubled, ashamed and disgusted by this very same being and they rejoice in (the idea of) non-being, asserting: 'In as much as this self, good sirs, when the body perishes at death, is annihilated and destroyed and does not exist after death — this is peaceful, this is excellent, this is reality!' Thus, bhikkhus, do some overreach. Iti 2.22
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