Wonderful comment on /r/AskHistorians that explains that the modern, semi-secular Buddhism known to Westerners is an invention made in reaction to colonialism https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zg2oug/comment/izfhnsa/?context=3
@est Mostly what I heard as a westerner was that the goal was to stop having desires so you don't suffer. Which turned out to be wrong.
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