I don’t disagree with what you write except your implication that it somehow contradicts what I wrote. Buddhism assumes that suffering arises because we are beings who experience and interpret the world. The only way out of this “trap” of suffering is to cease experiencing and interpreting, a quietism that, within Buddhism and as the texts state, is extinguishing the self and its thought equivalent to extinguishing a candle flame and its light.
Another of the huge mistakes of Buddhism is its idea that interdependence means there is no individuation.
True, the mistakes of Buddhism are not the only possible interpretation of reality. This is a blessing, because change is not bad, dependent origination is not contrary to being a full free will being, and experiencing does no inexorably lead to suffering. We can lead a rich and joyful life by walking away from Buddhism’s mistaken interpretations.
