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Duḥkha (; Sanskrit: दुःख, Pali: dukkha) "suffering", "pain", "unease", or "unsatisfactoriness", is an important concept in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. Its meaning depends on the context, and may refer more specifically to the "unsatisfactoriness" or "unease" of craving for and grasping after transient 'things' (sense objects, including thoughts), 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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Flower Adornment Scripture - Book Fourteen - Ways of Praising, Seeing and Not Seeing Buddha

Buddha, Suffering, Practice
Jul 26 2025
No Abode Hermitage Online

Caring for Infinite Beings by Caring for Each Finite Being

Practice, Suffering, Time
Dec 28 2024
No Abode Hermitage Online

The Flower Adornment Scripture - Book Ten - On Buddha's Compassion and Fields of Blessing - Part One

Compassion, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Sep 14 2024
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Flower Adornment Scripture - Book Ten - A Bodhisattva Continuously Asks for Clarification

Compassion, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Sep 14 2024
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Flower Adornment Scripture - Book Eight - The Four Truths of the Sages

Suffering, Consciousness, Buddha
Jul 13 2024
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Pivoting of Finite and Infinite

Suffering, War, Renunciation
Mar 09 2024
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Interplay of the Flower Adornment Scripture and the Book of Serenity

A talk given to the No Abode Community on February 10th, 2024.

 

Suffering, Flower Adornment Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Attachment, Attachment
Feb 10 2024
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Just Sitting

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Suzuki Roshi, Suffering, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Karmic Consciousness,...
May 06 2023
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Tranquility Through Zen Attunement

Letting Go, Offering, Suffering
Jan 22 2023

Justice Through Zen: Embrace Acknowledgment

Vow, Suffering, Work
Aug 06 2022

Layers of Compassion Unveiled

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Nov 21 2021

November 19th, 2021, Serial No. 04586

Intimacy, Suffering, Compassion
Nov 19 2021

November 7th, 2021, Serial No. 04582

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Nov 07 2021

October 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04575

Compassion, Suffering, Buddha
Oct 13 2021

October 2nd, 2021, Serial No. 04574

Compassion, confusion, Suffering
Oct 02 2021

August 28th, 2021, Serial No. 04573

Suffering, Pain, Compassion
Aug 28 2021

August 11th, 2021, Serial No. 04571

Compassion, Suffering, Generosity
Aug 11 2021

August 4th, 2021, Serial No. 04570

Suffering, Pain, Compassion
Aug 04 2021

July 21st, 2021, Serial No. 04567

Compassion, Suffering, Happiness
Jul 21 2021

July 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04566

Compassion, Suffering, Enemies
Jul 13 2021

March 2nd, 2020, Serial No. 04520

Suffering, Discrimination, Compassion
Mar 02 2020

July 21st, 2019, Serial No. 04492

Buddha, Suffering, Practice
Jul 21 2019

July 13th, 2019, Serial No. 04489

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Jul 13 2019

Compassionate Stillness: Practicing Zazen Together

Suffering, Compassion, Time
Jul 06 2019
Tassajara

March 4th, 2019, Serial No. 04470

Buddha, Suffering, Zazen
Mar 04 2019

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Verifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases

Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness
Jun 09 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Buddha, Suffering, Compassion
Apr 10 2018
5 of 7
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Suffering, Nirvana, Compassion
Apr 03 2018
4 of 7
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Suffering, Compassion, Obstacles
Mar 13 2018
2 of 7
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Emptiness, Suffering
Mar 06 2018
1 of 7
The Yoga Room

March 6th, 2018, Serial No. 04421

Emptiness, Suffering
Mar 06 2018

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

Avalokiteshvara clearly seeing the emptiness of five skandhas; listening to the cries of the world, the suffering of beings.

Compassion, Suffering, Emptiness, Buddha, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

March 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04420

Buddha, Bodhisattva, Suffering
Mar 03 2018

February 11th, 2018, Serial No. 04418

Compassion, Suffering, Buddha
Feb 11 2018

Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames

Manjushri's 'the teaching of the Buddha is thus'; accepting suffering and pleasure; being gentle with your own body.

Suffering, Buddha, Manjushri
Oct 14 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddhas Turn the Wheel of Dharma in the Midst of Fierce Flames

How to be with the fire that surrounds us; Buddha sitting upright, clearly observing, accepting all suffering; watching our fears about not being able to control things.

Suffering, Practice, Observe
Oct 14 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

October 14th, 2017, Serial No. 04395

Suffering, Buddha, Manjushri
Oct 14 2017

August 5th, 2017, Serial No. 04388

Buddha, Practice, Suffering
Aug 05 2017

March 21st, 2017, Serial No. 04360

Suffering, Effort, Buddha
Mar 21 2017

August 25th, 2016, Serial No. 04303

Zazen, Suffering
Aug 25 2016

April 4th, 2015, Serial No. 04212

Intimacy, Suffering, Practice
Apr 04 2015

April 4th, 2015, Serial No. 04213

Intimacy, Suffering, Buddha
Apr 04 2015

January 18th, 2015, Serial No. 04199

Suffering, Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara
Jan 18 2015

Everything Is a Precious Mirror

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Perfect Wisdom, Suffering, Perfect Wisdom, Samadhi, Doubt,...
Dec 13 2014
No Abode Hermitage

December 7th, 2014, Serial No. 04184

Suffering, Bodhisattva, Practice
Dec 07 2014

Cultivating Liberation Through Friendship

Buddha, Suffering, Practice
Nov 15 2014

Embracing Non-abidance for Compassionate Liberation

Suffering, Perfect Wisdom, Enlightenment
Jan 12 2014

November 11th, 2012, Serial No. 04011

Compassion, Suffering, Meditation
Nov 11 2012

November 7th, 2012, Serial No. 04009

Suffering, Practice, Bodhidharma
Nov 07 2012

October 28th, 2012, Serial No. 04005

Ego, Practice, Suffering
Oct 28 2012

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