How is Buddhism not nihilism?

I think nihilism is an unfortunate consequence of partial philosophical reading of Buddhism. I think it is a weakness in the Buddhist philosophical system, but it isn't a problem that Buddhists typically ignore or accept. read more

TL;DR The Buddhist concept of emptiness does not mean that nothing exists. Rather, there is a logical explanation where you can understand the nothing in the world exists inherently but only comes about as a result of dependent origination. read more

Buddhism is perhaps not a philosophy that can be easily compared with nihilism. Buddhism (and I can only speak of Zen) is a way of being that essentially problematises the inherent dialectic of thought and the governance of reason. read more

That is why nihilism was also rejected by the Buddha. The teaching of kamma is enough to prove that the Buddha did not teach annihilation after death; Buddhism accepts 'survival' not in the sense of an eternal soul, but in the sense of a renewed becoming. read more