tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post159623160549523418..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Profound Uncertainty about SuicideJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-20225192568479738422020-04-03T15:22:23.823-04:002020-04-03T15:22:23.823-04:00This is from an interesting article in the April 6...<i>This is from an interesting article in the April 6 New Yorker about a Buddhist teacher who was accused of wrongful death when one of his students committed suicide, on the theory that the destruction of self she achieved in her meditative practice led her not to enlightenment, but to despair.</i><br /><br />The thing is, Buddhism is literally, fundamentally, and irrevocably based in the idea of self eradication on the highest imaginable level.<br /><br />The foundational precepts are that 1) we are trapped in an endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth; 2) life, even when the best it can possibly be, is always suffering; and 3) the only escape from eternal suffering is to eliminate all worldly desires, all attachment to existence, and all traces of ego and concern for oneself, and in doing so escape the cycle of rebirth to embrace oblivion.<br /><br />Buddhism is effectively a metaphysical suicide cult.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com