Deviating from its Vedic origins, Buddhism denies that there is an immutable substrate underlying existence and attributes the root of human suffering to the failure of recognizing the impermanence of everything. The Buddha’s teachings outline a way of life that promises an unvarnished, more clearly perceived view of truth, and as with the Vedas, the path to such enlightenment involves a series of rebirths, with the endgame seeking to conclude the cycles of reincarnation by reaching an eternal state of bliss that stands beyond desire, beyond suffering, and beyond self.
