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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: A Buddhist Journey

Suffering
Aug 08 1971

Transiency: Cultivating Compassion in Change

Impermanence, Suffering
Aug 07 1971

Because Of Our Many Desires, We Do Not Have Freedom

Changsha, Suffering, Dana Paramita, Death, Lay Practice
Aug 03 1971
Tassajara

Transcending Ego through Mindful Awareness

Consciousness, Ego, Interdependence, Continuous Practice, Suffering
Jul 31 1971

Embracing Impermanence Through Buddhist Insight

Buddha Nature, Community, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Suffering
Jun 22 1971

Eyes of Insight: Beyond Perception

Happiness, Hindrances, Lay Practice, Realization, Suffering
Jun 1971

Seeing Beyond the Physical Eye

Composure, Happiness, Hate, Suffering
Jun 1971

Zen Symbols: Path to True Self

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Ego, Gratitude, Subject-and-Object, Suffering...
Apr 10 1971

Breathing into Zen Harmony

Posture, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Realization, Suffering
Apr 01 1971

Beyond Dualities: Effort in Zen

Delusion, Dragons, Suffering
Mar 30 1971

Changing Our Karma

Baso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, Ceremony
Mar 09 1971
City Center

Calmness of your Mind

Serial: SR-00079

Saturday Morning, February 13, 1971
San Francisco

Sesshin, Community, New Year, Suffering
Feb 13 1971
City Center

Advancing Towards Everyday Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Community, Conversation, Dragons, Mahayana, Suffering
Jan 19 1971

The Boss of Everything

Zazen, Big Mind, Precepts, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suffering
Jan 16 1971
City Center

Compassion's Path: Bridging Illusion and Reality

Community, Compassion, Delusion, Happiness, Hate, Suffering
Dec 13 1970

Embracing the Absolute Self

Chanting, Patience, Suffering
Aug 18 1970

Zen Alchemy: Embracing Practice's Magic

Chanting, Monastic Practice, Suffering
Aug 16 1970

Our Practice is Expression of Our True Buddha-mind

Serial: SR-00067

Sesshin Lecture, No. 4
Tuesday Evening, August 4, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Precepts, Beginner’s Mind, Buddha Mind, Duality, Mahayana, Precepts,...
Aug 04 1970
City Center

Supported from Within

Serial: SR-00191

Ekō Lecture 4
The Second Morning Eko, Part 3 of 3
Sunday, July 12, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the fourth in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four...

Eko, Chanting, New Year, Priest, Suffering, Wisdom
Jul 12 1970
Tassajara

Suffering Is A Valuable Thing

Serial: SR-00218

Sandokai Lecture XI
Saturday, June 27, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 33 Bammotsu onozukara...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Suffering, Community, Emptiness, Death
Jun 27 1970
Tassajara

Within Light There Is Utter Darkness

Serial: SR-00052

Sandokai Lecture IX
Saturday, June 20, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 27 Meichu ni atatte an...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Diversity, Duality, Suffering, Transmission
Jun 20 1970
Tassajara

Without Any Idea of Attainment

Serial: SR-00061

Sandokai Lecture VIII
Wednesday, June 17, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 21 Manako wa iro,...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Buddha Nature, Duality, Precepts, Sanctuary, Subject-and...
Jun 17 1970
Tassajara

Today We May Be Very Happy

Serial: SR-00057

Sandokai Lecture VI
Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Tassajara

[This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai:

Shiki moto shitsuzo wo...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Happiness, Zazen, Suffering, Buddha Nature, Politics,...
Jun 10 1970
Tassajara

Buddha Is Always Here

Serial: SR-00051

Sandokai Lecture III
Monday, June 1, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Compassion,...
Jun 01 1970
Tassajara

Settling In The Present Moment

Happiness, Repentance, Ceremony, Fasting, Suffering
Apr 07 1970

The Zen of Going to the Rest Room

Ummon, Tangaryo, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Monastic Practice, Suffering...
Mar 29 1970
City Center

Embracing Life's Unfathomable Flow

Community, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Suffering
Mar 12 1970

Non-Dualistic Practice

Serial: SR-00260

Sesshin Lecture No. 3:
Wednesday, February 25, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Big Mind, Duality, Emptiness, Karma, Mahayana, Suffering
Feb 25 1970
City Center

Brown Rice is Just Right

Serial: SR-00247

Morning Sesshin Lecture
Sunday, February 1, 1970
City Center

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Hate, Suffering
Feb 01 1970
City Center

Embracing Pain Through Zen Calmness

Ceremony, Compassion, Hate, Suffering, Transmission
Feb 1970

Embracing Emptiness: Transformative Awakening

Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Delusion, Suffering
Dec 04 1969

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-4

Serial: SR-00038

[Third Lotus Sutra Series]
Saturday Evening, October 25, 1969
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Buddha Nature, Funeral, Mahayana, Priest, Suffering,...
Oct 25 1969
Series 3, Talk 4
Tassajara

Living Authentically Amid Tradition

Ceremony, Funeral, Suffering
Oct 25 1969

Question and Answer

Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Separation, Suffering
Aug 25 1969
Tassajara

Twelve Links of Causation

Serial: SR-00135

Twelve Links Of Causation
Juni-innen (Jap.)
Dvada-aiga-pratatyasamutpada (San.)

English Japanese Sanskrit...

Consciousness, Suffering, Causation, Emptiness, Fasting, Mahayana
Aug 23 1969
Tassajara

We Practice Zazen So That We Attain Selflessness

Don't Know Mind, Dragons, Separation, Suffering, Wisdom
Aug 03 1969
Tassajara

The First Teaching

Serial: SR-00158

Teaching of impermanence, everything changing; also there is selflessness, suffering and nirvana. The sufferings of birth, death, sickness and old age. Causes of suffering,...

Suffering, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Causation, Emptiness, Hate, Karma,...
Aug 02 1969
Tassajara

The First Teaching

Serial: SF-10089

Talk by Shunryu Suzuki The First Teaching Tass Sf Ew on 1969-08-02

Suffering, Wisdom
Aug 02 1969
1
Tassajara

The First Teaching

Serial: SF-10091

Talk by Shunryu Suzuki The First Teaching Tass Sf C Ew on 1969-08-02

Suffering, Wisdom
Aug 02 1969
2

The Most Important Precept

Precepts, Dogen, Eiheiji, Sanctuary, Hate, Suffering
Aug 01 1969
Tassajara

Zen Water Wisdom: Unyielding Effort Unfolds

Consciousness, Big Mind, Obstacles, Emotions, New Year, Samadhi, Suffering, Ego, Hate...
Jun 10 1969

Transcending Ego: Embracing Zen Selflessness

Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Community, Suffering, Delusion
Apr 29 1969

Zen Is Not Something To Talk About, And Also It Is Something To Talk About

Serial: SR-00015

Shunryu Suzuki (with Ryogen Yoshimura)
Afternoon Sesshin Lecture
Sunday, April 19, 1969

Audio includes Yoshimura at beginning.

Sesshin, Community, Don't Know Mind, Hate, Posture, Priest, Suffering
Apr 19 1969

Listening to Silence: Path to Harmony

Big Mind, Suffering, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Compassion
Apr 19 1969

Journey Through Suffering to Enlightenment

Causation, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Suffering
Apr 15 1969

Climbing Life's Peaks for Insight

Birth-and-Death, Causation, Continuous Practice, New Year, Suffering
Apr 14 1969

Embracing Life's Simple Enlightenment

Causation, Suffering
Apr 14 1969

Embracing Solitude for Inner Peace

Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Community, Interview, Suffering
Mar 25 1969

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: SR-00011

Find out what "buddha-nature" and "enlightenment" mean. Study without purpose. How his teacher in Japan treated him; trying to discover the right thing to do.

Sesshin, Zazen, Eiheiji, Buddha Nature, Posture, Suffering
Mar 15 1969
Sokoji

Zen Checkmate: Beyond Material Moves

Composure, Delusion, Happiness, Hate, Suffering
Mar 1969

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