A. The purpose of all other religions as well as Buddhism, I think, is to make people free from challenges, or obstacles.
The Buddhist way to be free from them is not to appeal to a certain almighty being for removing them, or taking us away us from them. From the Buddhist perspective, challenges and obstacles don’t exist on their own initiative but are illusions that are the products resulting from our failure to see things as they are. So, Buddhism is a religion that enables people to be free from being deluded by challenges and obstacles through teaching them to see everything as it is.
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