They don't realize that the Buddhist mantra means "Life always involves suffering" - it's not the same as "Life is inherently miserable". It's a reassurance, to prepare you for life and help you make sense of the chaos.
They're thinking of white western existentialism, which is largely self-pitying and useless.
They don't realize that the Buddhist mantra means "Life always involves suffering" - it's not the same as "Life is inherently miserable". It's a reassurance, to prepare you for life and help you make sense of the chaos.
They're thinking of white western existentialism, which is largely self-pitying and useless.
Balderdash, existentialism does whippits
Can confirm. Troys' whippit problem exists.