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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
How the fuck do more Buddhists not commit suicide? If you told me life was suffering I'd grab a hose, some duct tape, a baggie of weed, my favorite tunes, and say bon voyage while parked in a forest someplace.

I mean life IS suffering, but the Buddha didn't tell me that.
gpt
Buddhism is not nihilism. Buddhism is the understanding/acceptance of suffering and the abandonment of desire. By committing suicide, you are, in essence, allowing suffering to consume you.

Suffering is inevitable in life. We will all suffer. Our attachment to impermanent things leads us to suffer. Everyone will die. You will die. Your family will die. You will get sick. You will be heartbroken. You will feel anxiety and depression. These are givens of the human experience.

The key to managing these facts of life is to truly embrace the impermanence of things. There is no supreme meaning assigned to us. But that doesn't mean that life isn't important. The most important thing is living in this very moment and appreciating the little things around you. You need to take what life throws at you but keep moving forward, never grasping at things that have passed.