According to Buddhist thinking, what is the cause of all suffering in the world?
The cause of all suffering in the world is the attachment to the wordly pleasures of anykind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddism quote from wikipedia: Suffering: Causes and Solution The Four Noble Truths Main article: The Four Noble Truths According to the Pali Tipitaka, the Four Noble Truths were the first teaching of Gautama Buddha after attaining Nirvana.[31] They are sometimes considered as containing the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and are presented in the manner of a medical diagnosis and remedial prescription – a style common at that time: • Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering (dukkha) in one way or another. • Suffering is caused by craving or attachments to worldly pleasures of all kinds. This is often expressed as a deluded clinging to a certain sense of existence, to selfhood, or to the things or people that we consider the cause of happiness or unhappiness. • Suffering ends when craving ends, when one is freed from desire. This is achieved by elimi
