INTRODUCTION 1. THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY If we glimpse at the history of Indian philosophy, we see that almost every school of Indian philosophy has made an attempt to solve the problems of human being that come to his private as well as social life. Buddhism is not an exception to this. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism also has made an attempt to solve the problem of suffering that comes to human life. While solving the problem of suffering, he has advocated that Trsnd or uncontrolled and unlimited desire of man is the basic cause of suffering. According to the Buddha, man himself is responsible for suffering as well as responsible for the cessation of suffering. He has further advocated that if an individual has valid knowledge, he can eradicate the Trsnd and thereby makes himself free from suffering. This thought of the Buddha presupposes four things: 1) Human nature; 2) Nature of the external world; 3) Individual's knowledge about himself,
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