Buddhism is not founded on great world-shattering questions like: ‘Who Made the Universe?’, or ‘What is the Meaning of Life?’ It takes as its jumping off point the basic fact that we all suffer, that life not only has a pleasant, light side but a dark, painful side too — and that’s a problem.
‘Suffering I teach,’ said the Buddha; ‘and the Way out of suffering.’
A couple of years ago I experienced that commonplace modern disaster, the breakup of a marriage. It’s always a trauma when two people who have thrown in their lot together split up. High hopes are dashed, trust is betrayed, and a terrible emotional wrenching takes place. I remember one night of particular desolation, when all my oldest and deepest wounds seemed to have been reopened — and rubbed with fresh salt. A vast despair filled the night.
In Buddhism, we place a special emphasis…
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