Full Idea
Buddhism rejected the idea of a creator God, and the unchanging self [atman]. They accept the appearance-reality distinction, reward for virtue [karma], suffering defining our predicament, and that liberation [nirvana] is possible through wisdom.
Gist of Idea
Buddhists reject God and the self, and accept suffering as key, and liberation through wisdom
Source
Owen Flanagan (The Really Hard Problem [2007], 3 'Buddhism')
Book Reference
Flanagan,Owen: 'The Really Hard Problem' [MIT 2007], p.68
A Reaction
[Compressed] Flanagan is an analytic philosopher and a practising Buddhist. Looking at a happiness map today which shows Europeans largely happy, and Africans largely miserable, I can see why they thought suffering was basic.