I’m extremely sorry to say that you give me the impression of someone who is railing against ‘watered down’ or ‘pseudo’ Buddhism based on a flawed understanding of what it actually is. Firstly, I recognize and respect your right to your own opinion – you don’t have to like Buddhism, it makes 0 difference to me whatsoever. However having said that, there are some things you have said that I would like to respectfully address and correct.

You said Buddhism “seeks to deny the basic fact that….we are here to suffer” – my friend this is the FIRST NOBLE TRUTH OF BUDDHISM! Far from denying this fact, the Buddhists recognize that suffering is universal! So this is flaw no.1 with your diatribe against this philosophy. To your point about meditation, you are correct, there are a lot of distractions in the outside world, but the whole point of meditation is to find peace within, so you can manifest it without. Buddhism does not require anyone to attain and stay in an enlightened state forever – even Guatama Buddha only remained enlighted for a short period of time before this state passed from his being – FOR EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY.

Buddhism expects you to come back to this “low vibe” existence – but that doesn’t mean you loose the peace and serenity gained by attaining an enlightened state (albeit however brief)).

If you would honestly like to engage further on this topic I would be happy to do so, but I get the sense that you came here specifically to troll a community called TinyBuddha with your mistaken and woefully wrong impression of the simple tenents of Buddhism.

So if this is your purpose – please don’t come back, leave us be and you can continue with your life.