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You don’t get to be unattached to the lives of others; only your own. What ugly thinking to cloth in Buddhism!

• hackernud3s 1mo ago
  Attachment being the cause of suffering really is core to Buddhism. It's not for everybody though.
  • gilrain 1mo ago
    Then why didn’t the Buddha kill more people, thus removing the cause of their suffering? Because you can’t remove someone’s attachment to themselves… terminating them isn’t the same thing. What you must terminate can be found only in yourself, nowhere else. And it isn’t your life that you must terminate, but your self. Get off HN if you care about spirituality.
    • hackernud3s 1mo ago
      I think you're looking at this the wrong way. It's the goal of all religions to make death less scary, that's what they're for. Buddha is just coming at it from a different angle.
    • dyauspitr 1mo ago
      No he’s right, personal attachment is the cause for suffering. That is why you’re supposed to renounce the world. That being said, it puts great emphasis on empathy and ethical behavior so there’s no conundrum here. In simple terms the Buddha was saying if you like things you’re going to have problems. The only way to end suffering is to completely detach yourself from the world.
    • alt227 1mo ago
      > Get off HN if you care about spirituality. Being interested in tech and spiritually are not mutually exclusive things.