What does the conceptual framework of Buddhism have to offer us?

 

 

Part I of II

 

Buddhism:

 

The key to the problem of salvation and enlightenment is the presence of suffering.

 

Misery, pain, or suffering is not merely one among many other equally prominent features of experience.

 

It is its chief and overriding feature.

 

And all other aspects of experience also contain suffering.

 

If one is to experience enlightenment, then one must address oneself to the elimination of suffering. Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, William L. Reese, p. 134

 

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To be continued: Part II of II: Now we are to find that...