Yes we can but no we won't

According to Buddhism, the main source of our suffering is our preoccupation with our own desires. can we live with Buddha teachings? yes we can but will we live like that? no we won't. it is mainly because of our society. Also it is mainly because people do not have deep understanding of Buddhism. first i would like to talk about deep understanding of Buddhism. Buddhism mainly focus on the mind of people over physical material. in fact, you are not even require to go to pagodas or temple like some other religions require to. Buddhism said Suffering is said to be caused by selfish cravings and desires. The way to enlightenment, for Buddhism, therefore involves detaching from our narrow concern with ourselves, escaping the prison of our own desires and illusions. it is easier said than done. even those who claim they are true Buddhist can not follow those teachings and get away from selfish cravings and desires. Our mind is always has greed, anger, jealousy, pride and so on... even the calmest like monks or priests still do have greed and anger. it is really hard to get rid of them unless you are enlightened. most Buddhists are not enlightened. they know the teachings but they can not follow. let me give you an example what i meant - say two mother try to buy really popular Halloween costume for their kids and only one left at store, they will probably argue for who grab it first and probably fight for it. it's anger. the loser will probably get jealous, the winner will probably gloat with pride..... if we break down to them step by step you can see both women suffered. even the winner who got the costume suffer. before she won it, she probably worry she might not get it, she also angry at her opponent, she's probably was also jealous of the rival. she did all for the love of her child and yet her mind suffered so many bad emotions. the losing side can be say same she will be angry, jealous, sad, disappointed and so on. so even doing something out of love can make you suffer. so to be really peaceful and really escape from suffering you will have to let go of a lot of thing even including the case of love ones. that's hard to do. there are some men i know who are tough as nail. you can smash their head with a brick and they wouldn't blink but those same men will break down to tears if they see their sons or daughter get hurt or suffering from illness or get accidents. they have desires for their children to get better they are really worry and it's burning inside them. so even if it is not selfish desires it still hurt and burn you. buddha taught and showed ways to escape form those suffering but in reality it is really hard to follow. he himself had to take the hard road before he found enlightenment. he was a crown prince and set to be king of kings (many kings served under his father) the day he left the palace was the day his son was born, he came to look at his son face and left the palace at midnight when no one would notice. would anyone be able to leave a king's life and new born baby to find inner peace? i doubt only a handful of people can do that. i know i wouldn't. i met some monks who try to follow Buddha's step. many are more peaceful than us and yet even they have some desire. ofc they suffer less than us because they can cut many more desire than us normal people. even entering monkshood is hard. you have to leave your family behind. that's something i or many people can not do.  so you really have to understand more and deeper to a point to even see things like love and bonds are also part of suffering. when i say love is suffering i do not meant Buddha taught not to love. Buddha taught to love everyone but not with selfish desire. example if you love your family it will be just your like "my mom, my son, my daughter" you would not be able to love a homeless person like your mom. it is simply because you are still selfish. Buddha want us to love everyone equally. if you can love your mom or someone on the street same, then you probably are free from selfishness and desire. that's really deep and hard to do. there are some who can do better than many. example - pope Francis, he washed feet of inmate on holy Thursday. he's probably one of the most influential person in the world. that doesn't effect him and he did it with love and kindness.  then there are some helping children in war zone with whatever they have. they gave up all they have in their comfortable lives and go to help anyone who need (doesn't matter what color of the skins) those people are more free from selfishness and desires than many of us because their inner are cleaner and more pure than us. Secondly our society won't help to live with the way Buddha taught. think about it. we live in very entitled society. always "me me me", always " my my my" and always "mine mine mine". our society support that kind of behaviors. look at the Kadashians. they are self centered with no talents what so ever and yet they have millions for fans who want to be like them. heck to be honest most of us can't live without our smart phone, twitter, facebook and instagram. things that actually make more selfish, and make us more self center. so can we live like Buddha teachings? yes some can (like the Amish ppl, who live very simple and minimum which basically is a step closer than most of us) but will we? no we won't cuz our mind won't let go of many things. we are too attach to many and we can't easily break away