suffering
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Summary
In these texts, suffering, dukkha in Sanskrit, is often called dissatisfaction, and our wanting creates it. Problems are like waves on the sea, our life itself, not the result of good and bad. The middle way lies between pursuing comfort and a spiritual search for perfection, which both leave us dissatisfied.
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And it's this wanting that creates our dissatisfaction.
The Buddha’s Discovery June 2005 — Lotus Centre
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- Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanahell as training · overcoming or transcending suffering · problems as water we swim in · severe experience as a great teacher
I think suffering is one part of life. So not to get rid of suffering, but to overcome suffering, or transcend suffering
Other texts
- The Buddha’s Discovery ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centredissatisfaction from wanting · dukkha as dissatisfaction
And it's this wanting that creates our dissatisfaction.
- Kuge 2: Coolness in the Centre of Fire ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugecoolness in the centre of heat
this state in which there’s coolness in the centre of heat, or no pain in the middle of pain
- When the Mud Buffalo Dissolve ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanadissolving inner conflict in zazen
There is a possibility that they will walk into the sea and dissolve, during zazen.
- What did the Buddha discover? ●●●dissatisfaction from wanting
It is this wanting itself that creates our dissatisfaction.
- Sadness Is a Change in Balance ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanasame conflict inside and outside
the conflict is inside us and outside us. So the conflict is the same, outside, inside. If there's no conflict, there's no problem.
- Freedom and the Teacher’s Character ●●● August 2011 — DibbavanaDogen's unhappiness like ours
He had the same life we have. He had the same unhappiness.
- Intuition Covered by Thinking ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanabreak between body and mind
the break between body and mind is the cause of our excellent civilization. And the cause of all our pain and suffering.
- Why We Practice Zazen ●●● August 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijimabird picking up an earthworm
a bird came down to the ground and picked up an earthworm. Looking at the scene, Gautama Buddha became very sad.
- Genjo-koan 3: Action Only Here and Now ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koanpain filling the universe
when it hurts, the pain fills the Universe
- Right and Wrong in Action ●●● June 2006 — Padmafarmaproblems like sea waves
But problems are not the result of good and bad. They're just like waves on the sea.
- The Buddhist View of Living Itself ●●● February 2009 — Cholínjust the right amount of suffering
there's just too much suffering in the world. And he replied, No, there's just the right amount of suffering.
Keywords
Ideas (8) dissatisfaction from wanting2 break between body and mind coolness in the centre of heat dissolving inner conflict in zazen dukkha as dissatisfaction overcoming or transcending suffering same conflict inside and outside severe experience as a great teacher
Themes (1) Dogen's unhappiness like ours
Images and stories (6) bird picking up an earthworm hell as training just the right amount of suffering pain filling the universe problems as water we swim in problems like sea waves