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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
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
Because Of Our Many Desires, We Do Not Have Freedom Suffering, Dana, Death, Lay, Offering, Bell, Freedom, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1971 Tassajara
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
The Boss of Everything Zazen, Big Mind, confusion, Precepts, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suffering, Observe...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 16 1971 City Center
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
OLD - 1970.08.04-serial.00068 Serial: SR-00068 Second part of talk from this date. Freedom, Suffering, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 04 1970
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
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
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
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
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
OLD - Question and Answer Serial: SR-00134 This is another version of 00083, which had been incorrectly dated. This is an incomplete version although the audio has been improved. Set aside as duplicate. Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Suffering, American, Separation,...	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
Zen Is Not Something To Talk About, And Also It Is Something To Talk About Serial: SR-00015 Shunryu Suzuki (with Ryogen Yoshimura) Afternoon Sesshin Lecture Sunday, April 19, 1969 Audio includes Yoshimura at beginning. Sesshin, Suffering, lecture, Monks, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Community, Posture...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 19 1969
Find Out for Yourself Serial: SR-00011 Find out what "buddha-nature" and "enlightenment" mean. Study without purpose. How his teacher in Japan treated him; trying to discover the right thing to do. Sesshin, Zazen, Eiheiji, Suffering, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Beginners, Posture, zen,...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 15 1969 Sokoji
OLD True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End Serial: 68-12-21 This has been hidden as we had a misdated reel that corresponds to this transcript, and is longer - SDH Happiness, Suffering, Composure, Observe, Chanting	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 21 1968 Sokoji
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7 Serial: 68-10-00-F Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Suffering, Truth, Emptiness, Precepts, Wisdom, Pain, Mahayana, Ceremony...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 30 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8 Serial: SR-00001 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Faith, Sutra, Priest, Suffering, Composure, Balance, Mahayana...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 8 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12 Serial: SR-00004 Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12 Shunryu Suzuki Lecture October 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Suffering, Observe, Compassion, Intention, heart,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 12 Tassajara
Lotus Sūtra No. I-5 Serial: SR-00105 February 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, reality, Monks, Truth, Interview,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 5 Tassajara
Lotus Sūtra No. I-6 Serial: SR-00106 February 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, Truth, Karma, Monks, Sutra, Suffering...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 6 Tassajara
OLD - Become More Honest and Direct Serial: 68-00-00-B ± 1968 Audio Problem Set CM's 2nd pass - see JG's 1st pass: http://cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/lectures/transcripts-new-2012/srl-68-00-00B-wip.html Question-and-Answer, Suffering, sitting, Instruction, Posture, Hate, zen, Building,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 01 1968 B
OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4 Serial: SR-00195 Thursday, August 24, 1967 Zen Mountain Center Sesshin Lecture Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Faith, Nirvana, Lay, Emptiness, Suffering, Pain, Death...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara
OLD - If You Have A Question Serial: 65-07-30-C Sesshin Lecture Friday, July 30, 1965, 1 PM Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Death, Religion, Peace, Consciousness,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1965 C Sokoji
OLD - Questions Serial: 65-07-28-D Sesshin Lecture, Lecture D Wednesday, July 28, 1965, 6 PM Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Suffering, Emotions, Faith, Truth, Religion, Culture,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 D Sokoji
OLD - Become More Honest and Direct Serial: SR-00104 ± 1968 Audio Problem Set CM's 2nd pass - see JG's 1st pass: http://cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/lectures/transcripts-new-2012/srl-68-00-00B-wip.html Suffering, sitting, Instruction, Posture, zen, Pain, Observe	Suzuki Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] A