> avoiding suffering is not living to the fullest.
But that's just it, buddhism does not advocate avoidance of suffering[1] at all.
The buddhist 'path' is about using suffering as a raw material and transforming it.
You can't be a buddhist without experiencing suffering, because you need to work with it.
> Buddhism works well in situations for which it was designed by Siddhartha - enduring your crappy slave existence.
Siddhartha was an indian prince who gave up that life to investigate suffering.
He realized early that he would have suffered whether he stayed in the palace or not.
Buddhism is not about enduring, it is about transforming.
[1] Suffering as might be translated today as 'stress'.
But that's just it, buddhism does not advocate avoidance of suffering[1] at all.
The buddhist 'path' is about using suffering as a raw material and transforming it.
You can't be a buddhist without experiencing suffering, because you need to work with it.
> Buddhism works well in situations for which it was designed by Siddhartha - enduring your crappy slave existence.
Siddhartha was an indian prince who gave up that life to investigate suffering.
He realized early that he would have suffered whether he stayed in the palace or not.
Buddhism is not about enduring, it is about transforming.
[1] Suffering as might be translated today as 'stress'.