 The Buddhist monk Nanavira Thera in the preface to his "Notes on Dhamma" wrote that the work of the existential philosophers offered a way to approach the Buddhist texts, as they ask the type of questions about feelings of anxiety and the nature of existence with which the Buddha begins his analysis.Nanavira also states that those who have understood the Buddha's message have gone beyond the existentialists and no longer see their questions as valid.Edward Conze likewise sees the parallel between the Buddhists and Existentialists only preliminary