Thank you for this “insightful” food for thought.

As a Buddhist, I read and felt quite comfortable with the content. Because Buddhadhamma never promises ‘personal wealth’ (arising from tanha) but ‘personal ascension’ (arising from chanda), most people in this modern society will be torn apart or oscillating in between. Is there a middle way (on the edge between tanha and chanda) to allow for harmony of living our lives?

I am confused by this “…Through Buddhism has been criticized as pessimistic in its outlook. Since it commences its spiritual Philosophy with suffering, it passes through optimism by way of suggesting ways and means it overcome suffering and culminated in eternal pragmatism…”.

I have learned: Buddhism posits dukkha as common and overwhelming our lives, suggests (that we learn with optimism) ‘ways and means’ to overcome our dukkha and to reach ‘perfect freedom’ (nibbaana).