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**Opperioav** · 08-27-2012, 05:51 PM

Hello again.

My limited and respectful investigations into Buddhism (reading books, using online sources, attending local meditation classes, trying meditation on my own) suggest many things. One of these is that Buddhism is basically saying (sweeping statement I know) that we can create the conditions for cessation of suffering by deconstructing our habitual and long-established ways of engaging with reality. Thus we can if you like pare away all the accretions of error and ignorance which cause our problems.

It does seem to teach that the way to avoid suffering is simply to not get involved, which is of course very logical, but also seems to teach a renunciation of the world which is hard to reconcile with living in the world.

It seems to have a wonderful inner technology for deconstruction and renunciation, but can you still use the teachings if you don't want to renounce the world?

Is that fair enough? Or not.

08-27-2012, 05:51 PM	#1
Opperioav Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	Does Buddhism Renounce 'The World'? Hello again. My limited and respectful investigations into Buddhism (reading books, using online sources, attending local meditation classes, trying meditation on my own) suggest many things. One of these is that Buddhism is basically saying (sweeping statement I know) that we can create the conditions for cessation of suffering by deconstructing our habitual and long-established ways of engaging with reality. Thus we can if you like pare away all the accretions of error and ignorance which cause our problems. It does seem to teach that the way to avoid suffering is simply to not get involved, which is of course very logical, but also seems to teach a renunciation of the world which is hard to reconcile with living in the world. It seems to have a wonderful inner technology for deconstruction and renunciation, but can you still use the teachings if you don't want to renounce the world? Is that fair enough? Or not.
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