Noble Truth In Buddhism

In Buddhism, Four Noble Truths are the principal teachings. To live means to suffer is the first Noble Truth. With no doubts, human nature is not perfect as well as the world people live in. Throughout the lifetime, people experience different kinds of suffering. This may be physical suffering including injury, sickness, tiredness, any type of pain and ultimately death. Also, people can suffer mentally, for example, they may feel fear, disappointment, sadness and this may eventually lead to depression. Of course, suffering can be perceived differently by many people and human's life is also full of positive experiences which are opposite to suffering, for instance, happiness, peace or comfort. On this basis, it can be stated that life in

Buddhism can be viewed as pessimistic because it teaches that all desires and pleasant times in this world are temporary and eventually aimless. In this way, suffering is the only constant reality. Consequently, in this regard, Buddhism is a pessimistic religion. It rather teaches that individual should withdraw from all life pleasures, than maximizing life to its fullest. On the other hand, Buddhism teaches the way to end suffering. However, life cannot be perceived as entire "suffering". Human life is a mixture of ups and downs, joy and sadness and multiple shifts of emotions, experiences, and feelings. Some people have more happiness and joys in their lives while others have

However, Buddhism cannot be simply categorized as a pessimistic religion since it also explains to its followers how to get rid of unhappiness. The Buddha taught that even the worst sinner can achieve deliverance after paying for what was done by him. Buddhism is the religion of hope for every person. The hope that one day anybody will be able to achieve this salvation. At the same time, many of other religions offer that some individuals will be bad endlessly and there is an infinite hell waiting for these people. In this way, such religions are far more pessimistic than