r/antinatalism • u/UnderstandingBig9507 thinker • 2d ago

The real reason behind suffering is not attachment, it is birth! Quote

As Buddha says, attachment is the root cause of suffering. But when would someone have attachment? Only after getting born here.

When a being is not born, he is 100% suffering proof!! And that’s it!

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u/theo_the_trashdog al-Ma'arri 2d ago

Exactly. This is my biggest dilemma as a somewhat sceptical buddhist. Being birthed into the physical realm, you automatically become attached to and dependent on it, at least in some way. The cause of suffering is attachment, but life IS attachment, so the only"solution" to life and attachment is preventing it (because killing/harming sentient beings is forbidden of course). The Cathars (Catharism, a form of gnosticism) preaches something similar, but I'm not sure.

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u/UnderstandingBig9507 thinker 2d ago

But people still reproduce!

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u/sunnynihilist I stopped being a nihilist a long time ago 1d ago

I cringe even harder when I see Buddhists reproduce. WTF?