I was struggling to formulate a criticism of Buddhism yesterday, and ended up botching it a bit. Now I know: The fundamental truth of suffering is a core tenet, towards which I'm a bit leery. I'm leery not of the idea itself - I agree that it's sound - but of how it's handled.
In the Therevada tradition, once you fully understand the three marks of existence and can see them clearly at any moment, then you stop fretting about it.
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That's why the emphasis is placed on impermanence, suffering, and no-self. It's not that you have to constantly be thinking about how awful everything is.
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That's a fair point. My bone to pick is usually with Mahayana, or various Westernizations of different Buddhist traditions.
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