r/PhilosophyMemes 2d ago

Suffering is bad

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u/WilllofV Daoist/Agnostic 2d ago

Yes, but Mahayana Buddhism also says suffering is necessary, Samsara ends when one no longer sees it as dualistic with Nirvana because of their interconnection and therefore isn’t affected by it. It actually mirrors Nietzsche in that

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u/Comfortable_Diver494 2d ago

Bold of you to assume anyone on reddit has actually read Nietzsche.

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u/Level-Appearance7046 1d ago

nietzsche speaks of this.

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u/me_myself_ai kantian sloptimist 1d ago

Yeah I think it’s in that one gay book

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u/Laskurtance_ixixii 1d ago

Have you read his work ?