Sky Dancer
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The very first truth "Life is suffering" is what turns me away from Buddhism.
Sometimes you suffer, sometimes you do not.
Since a conception of life is suppose to be the first truth, I claim that a pertinent truth is
"Life is what you want it to be."
You can't simply look at that one truth by itself, however. The Buddha said that there is suffering in life, but there is also a way to end that suffering. The Four Noble Truths must be taken as a whole.
I can't believe we're actually discussing the Buddha's teachings here. Wow.