Some western theologians criticize Buddhist teaching about suffering as being a pessimistic view of a world negative religion. For Claude Whitmyer, he disagrees with this myth. He contends in his article " Doing Well by Doing Good : "
" If we suffering consider with the right view, we will see clearly that, suffering is really present in the world, despite our many and varied attempts to deny it and get on with our mundane routine life. The deepest, most persistent suffering comes from attachment to our desire, and our inability to accept the inevitability of change. Attachment cease when we let go of our fixed notions about the world and being to accept things as they are. As a result, suffering ceases. The way to learn to do this, the Buddha tells us, is to practice the Noble Eightfold Path. "
Also T.F.Clearly, he argues with the view that Buddhism is pessimistic : " Western culture has interpreted these statements [ the Three Common Characteristics and the Four Noble Truth ] as implying that life is suffering. In fact, a conventional translation would be : " All is transient, all is sorrow. When one sees this, one is above misery. This is the clear path. "
He further contends : If we are independent of mind and do not let ourselves become robotic reflections of our environment. Buddhism is inherently optimistic, believe that an individual, and humanity overall, can rise above its folly, fear, and aggression. Life will not equate with suffering. Nirvana is not obliteration of the world of the senses but being able to live within it in total independence because Nirvana means " extinction " - of the afflictions of greed, hate, delusion, doubt, conceit, and arbitrary opinion. The key teaching in Buddhism is " being in the world but not of the world. "
" When one sees by insight that all conditioned states are miserable, one then wearies of misery ; that is the path to purity. "
By THE BUDDHA'S Core Teachings
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