[Buddha-l] Dukkha

[Bernie Simon]

I feel silly posting this, because I'm only stating the obvious. 
Buddhism seeks to eliminate suffering, but so does every nostrum that's 
pitched on television. What make Buddhism unique is that it seeks to 
eliminate suffering by eliminating its cause, as in the famous verse 
recited to Shariputra.  That cause is the three perversions: seeing 
that which brings suffering as pleasant, that which is  impermanent as 
permanent, and that which lacks a self as possessing a self. So, yes, 
Buddhism seeks to eliminate suffering but it's the specific method 
employed that makes it Buddhism, and that is that it seeks a genuine 
understanding of the three marks.

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Now I've read some books
And I've grown quite brave
(Bright Eyes)