Does Buddhism and meditation deliver its claimed results?
>> For another thing, who is to say that “lasting results” are what really matters, and how should we define “results”? >I think that this question about results was defined in Buddhism in the general way…”To remove suffering from all beings.” That is the “results.” The only direction to head towards that kind of result, would be with ubiquitous enlightenment, allowing research and experimentation and underlying that would need be social and legal acceptance. It’s impossible to hold Buddhism responsible for delivering on its promise of removing suffering from all beings. If “removing suffering” is taken literally and extremely, Buddhism is an utter, dismal, and total failure. Assessing whether Buddhism delivers its claimed results then hinges on the meaning of “removing suffering from all beings”. I should study popular American Buddhism more to determine what result it promises, what result people expect from it, and evaluate the degree to which such Buddhism delivers on its promise
