Why not give up

The Buddha should turn to me.

im a member of the "you do your thing, il do mine" church.. 😇

we meet saturdays at the pub..

Because the pursuit of an absolute lack of attachment doesn't simply remove the capacity for suffering, but for pleasure and satisfaction as well. Bluntly put, he's wrong in his core assertion: the root of suffering isn't desire, but unfulfilled desire, towards which no progress is being made. Obviously, unfulfilled desire can't exist without desire, but fulfilled desire is the root of satisfaction- and, ultimately, happiness.

A state without desire DOES exist; I'll give the Buddhists that much. Their goal is very real, and as a matter of established fact, rather than simple faith. But it's not the paradise of "Nirvana", it's the living nightmare of "clinical depression".

I'll pass, thanks.

Far from it. It was through studying Zen that my faith in God as creator increased. I rely on God’s Grace to sustain me. Jesus is Lord and God raised him from the dead.

Im done