> I'd guess the same could be said for Buddihsm From your link, Suffering in Buddhism is prescribed as the First Noble Truth: > Now this, bhikkhus, is the nob

> I'd guess the same could be said for Buddihsm From your link, Suffering in Buddhism is prescribed as the First Noble Truth: > Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: > birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; > union with what is displeasing is suffering; > separation from what is pleasing is suffering; > not to get what one wants is suffering; > in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering. Which part of it is true that "life is about suffering" ? As for Buddhist monk, you could try looking up Ajahn Brahm - that might offer a different perspective.