Buddhism, on your fingers
Buddhism, on your fingers
Let me explain it on my fingers, the simple way.
Buddhism is just practical psychology. Strip away the temples and the incense and what’s left is a diagnosis and a treatment.
The problem: ignorance, attachment (greed), and aversion (fear). That’s the whole disease. We don’t see things as they are, we cling to what we like, we push away what we don’t. And we suffer.
When I opened up Buddhism, I realized Buddha had already thought all of this through. The treatment he prescribed is one clean list — the eightfold path.
The Reading List
Why Buddhism Is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Natural selection built our brains to chase satisfaction that never lasts and to see the world warped in our favor. Buddhism diagnosed this thousands of years ago, and meditation is the tool for seeing through the illusion — becoming both happier and clearer at once.