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Buddhism is not a religion in the way most people think or traditionally understand it. Here is Buddhist philosophy in a nutshell . Life and everything in it is impermanent. When we cling, crave, or hold on to anger and hatred, it leads to unhappiness and suffering. This suffering can end. Not by trying to control life or avoid experiences, but by letting go of craving, attachment, anger, jealousy, and hatred, and by living with kindness toward yourself and others. You don’t need to let go of the object itself. What you need to let go of is your craving, attachment, anger, jealousy, or hatred toward it. The object can stay. Peace and happiness come from releasing the mental hold you have on it. Here, an “object” can be anything—whether it is a person, the loss of a loved one, a physical possession, a relationship, a difficult situation, someone who has harmed you, a health issue, your own body, or even something minor like being stuck in traffic. The problem is never the object. The problem is the clinging to it. Letting go of that clinging is what brings peace. Please note there is an important distinction between the following 2: 1. Applying Buddhist basic teachings as a practical guide to reduce suffering and live peacefully in daily life – which is what I am explaining here; One can practise and benefit from Buddhist teachings without immediately renouncing or formally abandoning one’s existing religion. This is what the World needs right now. 2. Fully accepting Buddhist metaphysics and ontology at a deeper, philosophical level. This requires a deeper re-examination of one’s prior beliefs. This is at the second level. The path or the solution is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path, which Buddha has explained. — right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. This is the practical way to live wisely, happily, kindly and ethically. Just Google or ask ChatGPT about Theravāda Buddhism. You can learn stuff and be Happy , but you don’t have to change your religion or beliefs at the basic level. Buddha is comparable to a scientists such as Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, or Stephen Hawking. He did not create anything new; he discovered and clearly explained natural truths that already existed in the universe, just as great scientists uncover the laws of nature