> I'd guess the same could be said for Buddihsm

From your link, Suffering in Buddhism is prescribed as the First Noble Truth:

> Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering:

> birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering;

> union with what is displeasing is suffering;

> separation from what is pleasing is suffering;

> not to get what one wants is suffering;

> in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.

Which part of it is true that "life is about suffering" ?

As for Buddhist monk, you could try looking up Ajahn Brahm - that might offer a different perspective.