230 – The Importance of Bodhi-Mind, or Way-Seeking Mind
The Zen Studies Podcast
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The Ultimate Cause of Suffering Is Dukkha
The Buddha identified the ultimate cause of suffering to be thirst or craving, namely a longing for things to be other than how they are. The Buddha's teachings focused on dukkha, which can be translated as suffering but is actually a more subtle word. It can also be translated as desatisfactoriness or dis-ease or stress. Even if we're not acutely suffering, we experience plenty of this more Subtle Dukkha.
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