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Duḥkha ()(Sanskrit; Pali: dukkha), 'unease', "standing unstable," commonly translated as "suffering", "pain", or "unhappiness", 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 mundane life, not being at ease when driven by craving/grasping and ignorance.

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."

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).

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Title	Speaker	Date
October 1971 talk, Serial No. 00044 Bell, Suffering, Four Noble Truths, Building, stubbornness, Samadhi, Patience,...	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 1971
September 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00275 Birth-and-Death, Posture, Constancy, Hate, Precepts, Breath, Happiness, Meditation,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 23 1971
September 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00276 Precepts, Silence, Suffering, Bell, Delusion, Zendo, Obstacles, Dragons, Anger,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 23 1971
September 21st, 1971, Serial No. 00057 Evil, Precepts, Concentration, Mahayana, Breath, Happiness, Hate, Suffering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 21 1971
September 11th, 1971, Serial No. 00056 Precepts, Sangha, Observe, Composure, Buddha Nature, Triple Treasure, Suffering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 11 1971
August 31st, 1971, Serial No. 00055 Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Pain, Building, Instruction, Discrimination,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 31 1971
Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1971 City Center
Obon Days Ceremony, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 12 1971 Tassajara
August 12th, 1971, Serial No. 00051 Constancy, American, Lotus Sutra, Addiction, training, lecture, Suffering	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 12 1971
August 8th, 1971, Serial No. 00048 Suffering, Building	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 08 1971
August 7th, 1971, Serial No. 00047 Impermanence, Building, difficulty, Attachment, Suffering, Pain	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 07 1971
Because Of Our Many Desires, We Do Not Have Freedom Suffering, Dana, Death, Lay, Offering, Bell, Freedom, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1971 Tassajara
July 31st, 1971, Serial No. 00263 Consciousness, Evil, Ego, Interdependence, Constancy, Continuous, Instruction,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 31 1971
June 22nd, 1971, Serial No. 00250 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Commitment, Describe, Community,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 22 1971
June 1971 talk, Serial No. 00297 Hindrances, Happiness, Suffering, Attachment, Discrimination, Building, Offering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 1971
June 1971 talk, Serial No. 00302 Meditation, difficulty, Anger, Happiness, Composure, American, Fox, Passions, Hate,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 1971
April 10th, 1971, Serial No. 00327 Birth-and-Death, Ego, Gratitude, Zendo, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Evil,...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 10 1971
April 1st, 1971, Serial No. 00320 Breath, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Building, confusion, Delusion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 01 1971
March 30th, 1971, Serial No. 00318 Dragons, lecture, Delusion, resistance, Anger, Suffering	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 30 1971
Changing Our Karma Baso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, difficulty, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 09 1971 City Center
Calmness of your Mind Serial: SR-00079 Saturday Morning, February 13, 1971 San Francisco Sesshin, Pain, New Year, Suffering, confusion, Oneness, Beginners, Community,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 13 1971 City Center
January 19th, 1971, Serial No. 00311 lecture, Bell, Community, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Dragons, Mahayana,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jan 19 1971
The Boss of Everything Zazen, Big Mind, confusion, Precepts, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suffering, Observe...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 16 1971 City Center
December 13th, 1970, Serial No. 00212 Attachment, Compassion, Hate, difficulty, Suffering, American, Building, Happiness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 13 1970
August 18th, 1970, Serial No. 00304 Discrimination, Religion, Patience, Describe, Enthusiasm, Chanting, difficulty,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 18 1970
August 16th, 1970, Serial No. 00300 training, Monastic Practice, Building, Chanting, Oneness, Silence, Discrimination,...	Katagiri Roshi	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, Precepts, Buddha Mind, Discrimination, Sutra,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Priest, Echo, New Year, Wisdom, Suffering, Building, Observe,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, difficulty, Community, Emptiness, Pain,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Suffering, Truth, Diversity, sitting, Duality,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, reality, Oneness, Monks,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Pain, Buddha Nature,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Truth, Compassion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 01 1970 Tassajara
April 7th, 1970, Serial No. 00200 Happiness, Religion, Repentance, Intention, Bell, Ceremony, Attachment, Fasting, Vows...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 07 1970
The Zen of Going to the Rest Room Ummon, Tangaryo, Culture, Monastic Practice, Suffering, American, Don't Know...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 29 1970 City Center
March 12th, 1970, Serial No. 00206 Silence, Pain, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Suffering, Bell, Describe, lecture,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 12 1970
Non-Dualistic Practice Serial: SR-00260 Sesshin Lecture No. 3: Wednesday, February 25, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Big Mind, difficulty, zen, Duality, Karma, Anger, Mahayana, training,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 25 1970 City Center
Brown Rice is Just Right Serial: SR-00247 Morning Sesshin Lecture Sunday, February 1, 1970 City Center Sesshin, Emptiness, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, training, Hate, Suffering, Pain,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 01 1970 A City Center
February 1970 talk, Serial No. 00207 Pain, Suffering, Describe, Compassion, Hate, Transmission, Ceremony, Meditation...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 1970
December 4th, 1969, Serial No. 00041 Evil, Happiness, Religion, Addiction, Birth-and-Death, Delusion, Discrimination,...	Katagiri Roshi	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, Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Sutra, Priest, Mahayana,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 25 1969 Series 3, Talk 4 Tassajara
October 25th, 1969, Serial No. 00038 Greed, Funeral, training, Observe, Ceremony, lecture, Suffering, American	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 25 1969
OLD - Fragment of Q & A Serial: SR-00210 File name: 69-10-14-X: fragment of Q & A (titled by pf) A fragment of about 2 minutes found after chanting on tape for 69-10-14. This is contiguous with the talk on... Dogen, Transmission, Suffering, Monks, sitting, Silence, Priest, zen, War	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 14 1969 X
Question and Answer Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Separation, Pain, American, Anger,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Discrimination, Emptiness, Fasting, Passions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
We Practice Zazen So That We Attain Selflessness Suffering, Wisdom, Dragons, Don't Know Mind, Meditation, Separation, sitting,...	Suzuki Roshi	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, Suffering, Wisdom, Truth, Attachment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 02 1969 Tassajara
The Most Important Precept Precepts, Dogen, Eiheiji, Sanctuary, Hate, Suffering, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1969 Tassajara

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