Buddhism advocates decompiling desire in order to avoid suffering, which is tantamount to nihilism.
Myth! At least not true across all traditions. This is in fact more the case in theravadan interpretations of the buddha but desire has at least two meanings in buddhist scripture. One is the wanting of things itself, another is the craving of future reward. You can let go of the craving without necessarily letting go of the wanting. My motivation to fight against death has never been stronger than after I’ve meditated for a longer time and let go of my craving of life. I know that I can die and so I see that I want life for myself and others more. It is a pure desire, not a craving. (This is my experience at least)
Non-dual squad for life. (I also noticed a comment to a similar effect on this post.)
Renounciation is a bit more like clearing the ground so that new things can grow, death of craving is the birth of a more pure form of wanting? Less modelling resources spent on shit that doesn’t matter? (happy to give some links if that would help as well!)
Myth! At least not true across all traditions. This is in fact more the case in theravadan interpretations of the buddha but desire has at least two meanings in buddhist scripture. One is the wanting of things itself, another is the craving of future reward. You can let go of the craving without necessarily letting go of the wanting. My motivation to fight against death has never been stronger than after I’ve meditated for a longer time and let go of my craving of life. I know that I can die and so I see that I want life for myself and others more. It is a pure desire, not a craving. (This is my experience at least)
Non-dual squad for life. (I also noticed a comment to a similar effect on this post.)
Renounciation is a bit more like clearing the ground so that new things can grow, death of craving is the birth of a more pure form of wanting? Less modelling resources spent on shit that doesn’t matter? (happy to give some links if that would help as well!)