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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
November 12th, 1972, Serial No. 00350 Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,...	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 12 1972
November 14th, 1972, Serial No. 00348 Silence, Consciousness, Attachment, Separation, Suffering, Conversation, Emotions,...	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 14 1972
December 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00352 Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Obstacles, Patience, difficulty, Attachment, Compassion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 01 1972
December 2nd, 1972, Serial No. 00353 Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Consciousness, Posture, realization, lecture, American...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 02 1972
December 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00358 Birth-and-Death, Patience, Obstacles, Conversation, Beginners, Suffering, Breath,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 06 1972
February 11th, 1973, Serial No. 00088 Nirvana, Vows, Suffering, Separation, Freedom	Richard Baker	Feb 11 1973
February 18th, 1973, Serial No. 00089 Nirvana, Sixth Patriarch, Happiness, Suffering, confusion	Richard Baker	Feb 18 1973
May 6th, 1973, Serial No. 00123 Suffering, Pain, Delusion, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch	Richard Baker	May 06 1973
May 20th, 1973, Serial No. 00127 Samsara, Anger, Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Suffering	Richard Baker	May 20 1973
August 27th, 1975, Serial No. 00103 Bell, Subject-and-Object, Concentration, Interdependence, Buddha Nature, Suffering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 27 1975
August 24th, 1977, Serial No. 00092 Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Hindrances, Compassion, Continuous, training, Buddha...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 24 1977
August 28th, 1977, Serial No. 00096 Compassion, Hate, Politics, Community, Attachment, Suffering, Consciousness, Pain,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 28 1977
August 29th, 1977, Serial No. 00097 Buddha Nature, realization, Oneness, Suffering, Interview, Ego, Precepts, Nirvana,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 29 1977
August 30th, 1977, Serial No. 00098 Evil, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Nirvana, confusion, Religion, realization,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 30 1977
March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00110 Eight Awarenesses, Suffering, Consciousness, Anger, Describe, Humility, Compassion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 02 1979
March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00112 Silence, Compassion, Building, Balance, Culture, Breath, Religion, Suffering...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 05 1979
March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00113 Attachment, Silence, Passions, Breath, Suffering, Consciousness	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 05 1979
March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00128 Silence, Building, Balance, Compassion, Suffering, Enemies, Culture, Breath, Religion...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 05 1979
December 13th, 1979, Serial No. 00137 Concentration, Emotions, Right Effort, Separation, realization, Suffering, Oneness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 13 1979
December 13th, 1979, Serial No. 00138 realization, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Building, Subject-and-Object...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 13 1979
March 8th, 1982, Serial No. 00147 Buddha Nature, Compassion, Suffering, Meditation, Evil, Funeral, Precepts, Silence,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 08 1982
Suffering and Intention Serial: BZ-00968A Sesshin Day 5 Suffering, Intention, Emotions, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Lay, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti Sutra; Suffering Serial: BZ-00706B Rohatsu Day 3 Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Suffering: How We Create It Serial: BZ-01171 The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture Suffering, Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Hate, Judgement, War, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Case 43 - Tozan's No Heat No Cold Serial: BZ-02114 Absolute and Relative or Essence and Function, Saturday Lecture Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Precepts, Five Ranks, training, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-02163 Routine and Depression, Saturday Lecture Suffering, Faith, Karma, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Liberation, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 05 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-3 Serial: BZ-02250 Transformation at the Base, Sesshin Day 5] Live life one moment at a time Suffering, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Emotions, Dragons, Passions, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Everything Is a Precious Mirror Precious Mirror, Perfect Wisdom, Suffering, Perfect Wisdom, Samadhi, Doubt, Letting...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 13 2014 No Abode Hermitage
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,	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 03 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage
Three Marks Of Existence Three Dharma Seals, Impermanence, no abiding self, Suffering, Nirvana, marks of existence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 08 2020 Online

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