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Suffering Talks

Duḥkha (; Sanskrit: दुःख, Pali: dukkha) lit. "suffering", "pain", here "restlessness", "a sense of unease, dissatisfaction, or incompleteness", is an important concept in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. Its meaning is context-dependent: it may refer more specifically to the (sense of) "unsatisfactoriness" or "unease" of craving for and grasping after transient 'things' (i.e. sensory objects, including thoughts), or expecting pleasure from them while ignorant of this transientness. In Buddhism, dukkha is part of the first of the Four Noble Truths and one of the three marks of existence. The term also appears in scriptures of Hinduism, such as the Upanishads, in discussions of moksha (spiritual liberation).

While the term dukkha has often been derived from the prefix du- ("bad" or "difficult") and the root kha ("empty", "hole"), meaning a badly fitting axle-hole of a cart or chariot giving "a very bumpy ride", it may actually be derived from duḥ-stha, a "dis-/ bad- + stand-", that is, "standing badly, unsteady", "unstable".

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Embracing Impermanence to Alleviate Suffering

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Talk by Kim Kogen Daiho Hart at City Center on 2024-02-14

Suffering
Feb 14 2024
City Center

Zen Resilience: Embracing Impermanence Together

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Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha Sessions Koun Ejo Gui Spina on 2024-01-14

Suffering
Jan 14 2024

Embracing Impermanence: Zen's Unified Path

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Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha on 2024-01-14

Suffering
Jan 14 2024

Elevating Women's Voices in Zen

Dharma Transmission, Suffering
2024

You Gotta Friend

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11/26/2023, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In times of trouble, may the gracious teachings of the gentle Buddhas aid us in healing ourselves and the world....

Suffering
Nov 26 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Virya

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This talk, from Beginner's Mind Temple, was given by City Center tanto (head of practice) Tim Wicks. Virya Paramita is often translated as "joyful" or "enthusiastic" energy....

Suffering
Nov 25 2023
City Center

Gratitude: Pathway to Resilience

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Talk by Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-11-22

Gratitude, Suffering, Suzuki Roshi
Nov 22 2023
City Center

Living Zen: Responding with Compassion

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Talk by Linda Galijan at City Center on 2023-11-11

Suffering
Nov 11 2023
City Center

The Seat that Exists in Our Own Home

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10/18/2023, Steve Weintraub, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Steve Weintraub explains that our practice is a big help to us; but it may not...

Suffering, Nansen
Oct 08 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Embracing Suffering Through Everyday Zen

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Talk by Steve Weintraub at Green Gulch Farm on 2023-10-08

Suffering, Big Mind
Oct 08 2023
Green Gulch Farm

The Light In Stillness

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09/17/2023, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu explores Yunmen’s statement “Everyone has a light” (from Blue Cliff Record Case 86) and...

Suffering
Sep 17 2023
Green Gulch Farm

The Ox Herder And The Ox

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08/20/2023, Fu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder concludes a 3-day sesshin with a review of the ten ox-herding frames...

Suffering
Aug 20 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Heart-Centered Zen: A Transformative Path

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Talk by Teah Strozer at City Center on 2023-08-17

Suffering
Aug 17 2023
City Center

Just Sitting as Radiance

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08/13/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson illuminates Zen and why we sit. We are conversation; we are always...

Suffering, Delusion
Aug 13 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Stitching Serenity in Zen Practice

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Talk by Gengyoko Tim Wicks at City Center on 2023-07-19

Suffering
Jul 19 2023
City Center

Inviting Meditative Ease: Steps to Access

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07/15/2023, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan Victoria Austin asks: How do we approach barriers...

Suffering
Jul 15 2023
City Center

Recover Your Presence of Mind

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07/12/2023, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman shares the...

Suffering
Jul 12 2023
City Center

Healing As Zen Practice

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07/09/2023, Dojin Sarah Emerson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Ritual is a way to heal ourselves, each other, and the earth.

Suffering, Healing
Jul 09 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Juneteenth and the Buddhist Message of Freedom

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06/14/2023, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Sozan Michael McCord, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, explores what freedom means, and asks...

Suffering, Suzuki Roshi
Jun 14 2023
City Center

Coping With Our Problems

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06/11/2023, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Jiryu shares teachings on continuously welcoming our problems as our practice, by exploring Suzuki...

Suffering
Jun 11 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Don’t Avoid What Is

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05/10/2023, Chimyo Atkinson, dharma talk at City Center.
Chimyo Atkinson, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, explores her personal experience of emptiness,...

Suffering, Delusion
May 10 2023
City Center

Vasubandu's Three Natures

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04/29/2023, Ben Connelly, dharma talk at City Center.
Ben Connelly, in this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, teaches about the three natures that were expounded by...

Suffering
Apr 29 2023
City Center

Illuminating Zen's Dual Truths

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Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha on 2023-03-19

Suffering
Mar 19 2023

Suffering and the End of Suffering

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02/12/2023, Fu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Knowing the grief and despair that humans suffer in their lifetimes, the Buddha offered teachings to lessen the...

Suffering
Feb 12 2023
Green Gulch Farm

Bodhidharma’s Four Inclusive Practices

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02/04/2023, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
In commemorating Zen’s first Chinese Ancestor, Abbot David provides an overview of Bodhidharma’s seminal...

Bodhidharma, Suffering
Feb 04 2023
City Center

Being Beloved Community in a Time of Polarization

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01/14/2023, Rhonda Magee, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, Hoshi Rhonda Myozen Magee reflects on the concept of Beloved Community through the lens of those who have...

Community, Suffering
Jan 14 2023
City Center

The Impeded Stream

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12/31/2022, Henzan Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Don’t work harder, resist less.

Suffering
Dec 31 2022
City Center

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 1

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12/09/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Suffering
Dec 09 2022
Tassajara

Seamless Gratitude Amidst Suffering

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Talk by Chikudo Catherine Spaeth at City Center on 2022-11-26

Gratitude, Suffering
Nov 26 2022
City Center

“What is it?” - Ganto’s Last Word

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11/12/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center. Continuing the practice period study of koans from the Blue Cliff Record and Suzuki Roshi's commentaries on them....

Bodhisattva, Manjushri, Suffering
Nov 12 2022
City Center

Compassion and Great Compassion

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10/30/2022, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Different types compassion as taught by Shakyamuni Buddha, Vasubandhu, Maitreya, Chandrakirti, and Zen...

Compassion, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Oct 30 2022
Green Gulch Farm

Two Truths, Part 2

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10/27/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Suffering
Oct 27 2022
Tassajara

Interdependence: Embracing the Illusion's Unity

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Talk by Tiemo Blank at Green Gulch Farm on 2022-10-09

Suffering, Interdependence
Oct 09 2022
Green Gulch Farm

Interdependence for Bunnies

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10/09/2022, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The teachings of Interdependence, Emptiness and Dependent Arising in Mahayana Buddhism, explained with the help...

Suffering, Interdependence
Oct 09 2022
Green Gulch Farm

The Precepts and the Paramitas

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09/24/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
We discuss the precepts, giving a bit of history, and how they changed as Buddhism was infused with new...

Suffering
Sep 24 2022
City Center

The Price of Rice and the Metta Sutta

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09/17/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
We discuss Case 5 of the Book of Serenity - “Qīngyuán and the Price of Rice” - and how, as in all good Koans...

Suffering
Sep 17 2022
City Center

Zen Practice Amidst Life's Uncertainty

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Talk by Zesho Susan Oconnell at City Center on 2022-08-27

Effort, Suffering
Aug 27 2022
City Center

Dancing in the Dark Fields

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08/17/2022, Florence Caplow, dharma talk at City Center.
In our tradition, sickness and pain are honored as messengers. But what does it mean for us when these messengers...

Suffering, Bodhisattva
Aug 17 2022
City Center

Dancing in the Dark Fields

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08/17/2022, Florence Caplow, dharma talk at City Center.
In our tradition, sickness and pain are honored as messengers. But what does it mean for us when these messengers...

Suffering, Bodhisattva
Aug 17 2022
City Center

Embracing Life Through Zen Awareness

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Talk by Teah Strozer at Tassajara on 2022-07-14

Suffering
Jul 14 2022
Tassajara

The Prism of the Dharma

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06/25/2022, Shoren Heather Iarusso, dharma talk at City Center. Just like a rainbow is "hidden" in the sunlight, the Buddha's teachings are a prism through which we can...

Consciousness, Suffering
Jun 25 2022
City Center

Difficult Conversation

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06/12/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbess Fu Schroeder talks about addressing conflict through the wisdom of the ancient teachings of the Buddha and...

Suffering
Jun 12 2022
Green Gulch Farm

Difficult Conversation

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06/12/2022, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Abbess Fu Schroeder talks about addressing conflict through the wisdom of the ancient teachings of the...

Suffering
Jun 12 2022
Green Gulch Farm

The Mind of Gratitude

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06/04/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. On the final day of the sesshin and Intensive, we consider the source of true happiness, and take up the interwoven themes...

Suffering
Jun 04 2022
City Center

Living By Vow

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05/31/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at Tassajara.

Suffering, Bodhisattva Vow
May 31 2022
Tassajara

Neither Easy Nor Difficult

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05/25/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center.
This talk shares stories from Layman Pang and his daughter Ling Zhao, and considers how to respond to the cries of...

Suffering
May 25 2022
City Center

Neither Easy Nor Difficult

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05/25/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center.
This talk shares stories from Layman Pang and his daughter Ling Zhou, and considers how to respond to the cries of...

Suffering
May 25 2022
City Center

Embracing Interconnection Through Zen Practice

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Talk by Leslie James Understanding The Self on 2022-05-06

Study, Suffering, Practice Period
May 06 2022

Understanding the Self

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05/06/2022, Leslie James, dharma talk at Tassajara.

Study, Suffering, Practice Period
May 06 2022
Tassajara

Working With, And Ending, Karma

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03/30/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, sesshin dharma talk at Tassajara.

Karma, Suffering
Mar 30 2022
Tassajara

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