About Buddhism by: Katy Buxton

Creation, in the midst of suffering, strives for something greater than what this world has to offer. In this endeavor, Siddartha Gautama was enlightened with the truth of the human condition. He saw the sufferings of this world, realized that humanity is destined to have this anguish, and was given the insight to overcome it. It is not on earth where one should find his peace, but in the knowing that there is an eternal …

…Buddhism offers us a way to deny the world and to deny ourselves. In choosing to live the life that Gautama chose, we are choosing to devote ourselves not only to eventually find our way out of the suffering world, but we are choosing to stay behind for a while in order to save those that we love from the same thing. Selflessness is the center of what Buddha had planned for us to understand.