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Depression, anxiety, etc are mental objects. If they are watched from a mental distance and not called one's self, watching them come and go like passing clouds, there can be freedom from the stress associated with them (or of any mental object).

#buddhism #psychology #depression #anxiety #objectification #mind #self #detachment #freedom #stress #dukkha #meditation

Depression, anxiety, etc are mental objects. If they are watched from a mental distance and not called one's self, watching them come and go like passing clouds, there can be freedom from the stress associated with them (or of any mental object).

#buddhism #psychology #depression #anxiety #objectification #mind #self #detachment #freedom #stress #dukkha #meditation

Life can be so intensely, intoxicatingly pleasurable, but it never lasts. Endlessly chasing after, and working for, fleeting sense pleasures involves endless suffering.

#life #pleasure #intoxicant #intoxication #buddhism #impermanence #anicca #suffering #dukkha

How many centuries is it going to take, for Westerners to accept all living beings suffer, struggle, work, feel pain or stress, etc in some way (which is the first Noble Truth of Buddhism)?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#buddhism #westerners #suffering #dukkha #struggle #work #pain #stress #insects #animals #plants #life

tripping
over ideas
one invents

#Poetry #Senryu
#Buddhism #Dukkha

#Avalokiteśvāra, the #bodhisattva of compassion, embodies the #Mahāyāna ideal of boundless #empathy and #ethical engagement. Revered across Buddhist cultures, Avalokiteśvāra's adaptability and commitment to alleviating #suffering (#dukkha) highlight #Buddhism's unique fusion of #wisdom (#prajna) and #compassion (#karuna).

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-20-avalokitesvara/

#WeekendStories #Kannon #Guanyin

#Avalokiteśvāra, the #bodhisattva of compassion, embodies the #Mahāyāna ideal of boundless #empathy and #ethical engagement. Revered across Buddhist cultures, Avalokiteśvāra's adaptability and commitment to alleviating #suffering (#dukkha) highlight #Buddhism's unique fusion of #wisdom (#prajna) and #compassion (#karuna).

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-20-avalokitesvara/

#WeekendStories #Kannon #Guanyin

Dukkha Koan

A word from Fudo.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/06/dukkha-koan.html

#dukkha, #FudoMyōō, #hermitpractice, #koan, #Zen

Dukkha Koan

A word from Fudo.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/06/dukkha-koan.html

#dukkha, #FudoMyōō, #hermitpractice, #koan, #Zen

#Meditation in #Buddhism is not merely a technique for calming the mind, but the core of the path to liberation. Integrating calming (#samatha) and insight (#vipassanā), it transforms perception, dismantles suffering’s roots (#dukkha), and fosters ethical character — bridging philosophy and lived experience.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-01-meditation/

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#Meditation in #Buddhism is not merely a technique for calming the mind, but the core of the path to liberation. Integrating calming (#samatha) and insight (#vipassanā), it transforms perception, dismantles suffering’s roots (#dukkha), and fosters ethical character — bridging philosophy and lived experience.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-01-meditation/

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#Nirvana in #Buddhism is the cessation of suffering (#dukkha), craving, and ignorance — an unconditioned state beyond birth and death. Rather than a metaphysical heaven, it marks the end of self-illusion and karmic cycles. Its elusiveness invites reflection, making it a unique goal in world philosophy. In this post, I tried to summarize the multifaceted nature of Nirvana, its historical development, and its implications for Buddhist practice:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-nirvana/

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#Nirvana in #Buddhism is the cessation of suffering (#dukkha), craving, and ignorance — an unconditioned state beyond birth and death. Rather than a metaphysical heaven, it marks the end of self-illusion and karmic cycles. Its elusiveness invites reflection, making it a unique goal in world philosophy. In this post, I tried to summarize the multifaceted nature of Nirvana, its historical development, and its implications for Buddhist practice:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-nirvana/

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The #NobleEightfoldPath is a comprehensive framework for #ethical and #psychological development in #Buddhism. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline, offering a pragmatic approach to alleviating suffering (#dukkha). This path is exceptional in its integration of ethical behavior with cognitive and emotional growth, making it a distinctive contribution to global philosophical thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-noble_eightfold_path/

#WeekendStories

The #NobleEightfoldPath is a comprehensive framework for #ethical and #psychological development in #Buddhism. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline, offering a pragmatic approach to alleviating suffering (#dukkha). This path is exceptional in its integration of ethical behavior with cognitive and emotional growth, making it a distinctive contribution to global philosophical thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-noble_eightfold_path/

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#DependentOrigination (paṭicca-samuppāda) is a central Buddhist doctrine describing how all phenomena arise and cease due to interdependent causes and conditions. Through the twelve links (#nidanas), it explains the emergence of suffering (#dukkha) and the path (#magga) to its cessation, emphasizing impermanence (#anicca) and the absence of a permanent self (#anatta):

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-dependent_origination/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#DependentOrigination (paṭicca-samuppāda) is a central Buddhist doctrine describing how all phenomena arise and cease due to interdependent causes and conditions. Through the twelve links (#nidanas), it explains the emergence of suffering (#dukkha) and the path (#magga) to its cessation, emphasizing impermanence (#anicca) and the absence of a permanent self (#anatta):

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-dependent_origination/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

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Anything short of awakened appreciation of living experience entails "unsatisfactoriness" (#dukkha), so, yes, I feel it can be important to underscore the matter-of-factly psychological effects of those "poisons." Even pleasure, when we experience it from within a less than really awakened state is "unsatisfactory."

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Anything short of awakened appreciation of living experience entails "unsatisfactoriness" (#dukkha), so, yes, I feel it can be important to underscore the matter-of-factly psychological effects of those "poisons." Even pleasure, when we experience it from within a less than really awakened state is "unsatisfactory."

In Buddhist thought, the #ThreePoisons (akusala-mūla) — greed (#lobha), hatred (#dosa), and delusion (#moha) — are the root causes of suffering (#dukkha) and the cycle of rebirth (#samsāra). They are not metaphysical absolutes but psychological tendencies that can be transformed through ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom. This framework offers a unique perspective on suffering, emphasizing internal transformation over external salvation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-three_poisons/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

In Buddhist thought, the #ThreePoisons (akusala-mūla) — greed (#lobha), hatred (#dosa), and delusion (#moha) — are the root causes of suffering (#dukkha) and the cycle of rebirth (#samsāra). They are not metaphysical absolutes but psychological tendencies that can be transformed through ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom. This framework offers a unique perspective on suffering, emphasizing internal transformation over external salvation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-three_poisons/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #FiveAggregates (#skhandhas) in #Buddhism offer a profound analysis of the self, revealing it as a dynamic process rather than a fixed entity. This framework deconstructs the illusion of a permanent self by examining form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. In Buddhist thought, understanding these leads to insight into impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), guiding toward liberation from suffering (#dukkha):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-skandha/

#WeekendStories

The #FiveAggregates (#skhandhas) in #Buddhism offer a profound analysis of the self, revealing it as a dynamic process rather than a fixed entity. This framework deconstructs the illusion of a permanent self by examining form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. In Buddhist thought, understanding these leads to insight into impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), guiding toward liberation from suffering (#dukkha):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-skandha/

#WeekendStories

#Clinging – or #upādāna – is a central concept in #Buddhism, representing the intensified attachment that arises from #craving (#tanhā). Understanding upādāna is crucial for grasping the nature of suffering (#dukkha) and the path to liberation (#nibbāna). In this post, we explore its meaning, implications, and role in Buddhist practice:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-29-upadana/

#WeekendStories #upadana

#Clinging – or #upādāna – is a central concept in #Buddhism, representing the intensified attachment that arises from #craving (#tanhā). Understanding upādāna is crucial for grasping the nature of suffering (#dukkha) and the path to liberation (#nibbāna). In this post, we explore its meaning, implications, and role in Buddhist practice:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-29-upadana/

#WeekendStories #upadana

#Tanhā (#craving) is central in Buddhist philosophy as the root cause of suffering (#dukkha) and the cycle of rebirth (#samsara). In this post, I explore its psychological and existential dimensions, its role in the #FourNobleTruths, and the Buddhist path to overcoming craving for liberation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-29-tanha/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #tanha

#Tanhā (#craving) is central in Buddhist philosophy as the root cause of suffering (#dukkha) and the cycle of rebirth (#samsara). In this post, I explore its psychological and existential dimensions, its role in the #FourNobleTruths, and the Buddhist path to overcoming craving for liberation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-29-tanha/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #tanha

Exploring the Buddhist concept of #dukkha, often imprecisely translated as "suffering", in this post we clarify its deeper meaning as existential dissatisfaction rooted in impermanence and craving. Understanding dukkha is central to Buddhist philosophy, as it reveals the structural nature of suffering and the path to its cessation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-25-dukkha/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

Exploring the Buddhist concept of #dukkha, often imprecisely translated as "suffering", in this post we clarify its deeper meaning as existential dissatisfaction rooted in impermanence and craving. Understanding dukkha is central to Buddhist philosophy, as it reveals the structural nature of suffering and the path to its cessation:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-25-dukkha/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The Three Marks of Existence — impermanence (#anicca), suffering (#dukkha), and non-self (#anatta) — form the core of the Buddhist understanding of reality. In Buddhist thought, these principles reveal the nature of existence and the true roots of suffering. I have summarized key aspects of this perspective in a new post here:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-24-three_marks_of_existence/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The Three Marks of Existence — impermanence (#anicca), suffering (#dukkha), and non-self (#anatta) — form the core of the Buddhist understanding of reality. In Buddhist thought, these principles reveal the nature of existence and the true roots of suffering. I have summarized key aspects of this perspective in a new post here:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-24-three_marks_of_existence/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

Eclipse full moon is 100% on-brand for this month. #dukkha

If you ever do one of those thumbnail scrolls and feel all the sensationalism and exaggeration is a basis for distrust and then find those you believe are on the side of right action ( your side ?)...yet engaged similarly, your seeing and feeling #Dukkha. Therein lies a touchstone of renunciation. Higher warriors do not engage in such activities. You may in fact find them wholly absent on the battlefield. It is meant to make you think, to look deeper, and possibly elsewhere...

I still think suffering is the most accurate translation of dukkha. To me it captures the struggle, calamity, and loss that beset the majority of living creatures (not just comfortable, middle class humans). Translating it as "stress" narrows its scope and doesn't reflect the Buddha's explanation of dukkha as a universal truth: old age, sickness, death, and loss. It takes more courage to accept and seek to understand "suffering" than "stress".
#buddhism #dharma #dukkha

I still think suffering is the most accurate translation of dukkha. To me it captures the struggle, calamity, and loss that beset the majority of living creatures (not just comfortable, middle class humans). Translating it as "stress" narrows its scope and doesn't reflect the Buddha's explanation of dukkha as a universal truth: old age, sickness, death, and loss. It takes more courage to accept and seek to understand "suffering" than "stress".
#buddhism #dharma #dukkha

Dear Friends of #Magick and #Buddhism ​:ablobcatcoffee:​

As we may know about the idea of #magical Buddhism, or magic in Buddhism. We can happily move along if not our cup of tea ... ​:ablobcatlurk:​

A lot of people don't like this idea that there are magical concepts, ideas, very strange ways of dealing with things within Buddhism, but of course there are. These things have grown up over the years.

Some people will prefer the very #linear processes within Buddhism, we sit, meditate, do the practices and eventually gain peace and wisdom and insight and enlightenment.

People like that, that's a progressive path, but there is also a sort of random, chaotic element and that's what we'll discuss a little here. In #Vajrayana, some people are still using this term #Tibetan #Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is just Tantric Buddhism, it's very much based and dependent upon the system that was developed in Hinduism and a lot of the ideas are still there within Tantra. And so Tantra is very much a magical system, a system where the visualisation and the idea that the teacher is a #Buddha and therefore is a #personification of #perfection is very important and if that teacher is indeed an able personification of #qualities that people need, then it's very #helpful.

Unfortunately, a lot of Western Tantrists have just taken this idea and manipulated it for their own preferences.

Some has come from people who saw the way Westerners were and thought, oh, we can make use of this, we can get engaged with this. In #samsara, using samsara as a base to create the kind of chaotic magical system that some Tantrists do. That's fair enough, that's a way of approaching things, that's a way of doing things. Not always helpful

So the idea of the Daka and Dakini, which is the magical, the wisdom practitioners, at a high enough level, they are in fact using chaos or chaos magic. And chaos magic is very unpredictable. Just like there's an approach in Zen where the Zen teachers are very, almost incomprehensible or very traumatic in their response or very dramatic in their response. But this is within the confines of a strict system. And again, some people have abused that power and that authority because it's a centralised authority.

And this is different to the way a lot of us prefer to work, which is with our own wisdom base and our own understanding. And we have to take responsibility for that. So even though we may be using some of the tactics and techniques, if we use them in an unhelpful way, in a way that is based on our lesser capacities and our more mixed up feelings and thoughts and ideas, then we can do a lot more harm than good.

So doing good is one of the primary understandings, or creating #sukha as opposed to #dukkha, creating good, happiness, peace, wisdom, compassion, all the things that actually unravel people. This is the point of utilising Buddhism in its highest aspect. And if you can do that with whatever it is, including, as I say, the magical aspects of Tantra, or whatever religion, or whatever thing that you wish to, whether it's psychology, whether it's using computers, whatever is the thing that interests you, grabs you, and makes some use of your #potential initially, because you have to create something for yourself initially.

And then from there you can move on to improving those around you, #family, #friends, and perhaps eventually the wider #community. 🦞

Where does suffering come from? @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zen #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #awakening #buddhist #meditate #heart #enlightenment #love #compassion #dukkha https://youtube.com/shorts/yFkC3B0tLYU

Nirodha & Marga - The Four Noble Truths (part 4). The cessation of suffering and the way to attain it. Understanding The Four Noble Truths through Zen practice. @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #awakening #buddhist #meditate #enlightenment #compassion #dukkha #nirodha #marga https://youtube.com/shorts/y-YVR_Qqfgo

Samudaya (The Origin of Suffering) - The Four Noble Truths (part 3). Understanding The Four Noble Truths through Zen practice. @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zen #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #awakening #buddhist #enlightenment #love #compassion #dukkha #samudaya https://youtube.com/shorts/m9El6GIxwak

Dukkha (Suffering) - The Four Noble Truths (part 2). Understanding The Four Noble Truths through Zen practice. @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zen #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #awakening #buddhist #meditate #heart #enlightenment #love #compassion #dukkha https://youtube.com/shorts/otcCxel0lww

#Buddhism #AdrieKusserow #dukkha
"In Buddhism, the reality of suffering unites all things."

Big Think:
Beyond "McMindfulness": Buddhism isn't about eliminating suffering

"Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion reshaped her view of the world – and herself."
https://bigthink.com/thinking/buddhism-mindfullness/

#Dukkha arises with grasping. This implies that suffering develops over childhood

#Buddhism

Morning meditation — One thing I Teach.

‘One thing I teach, Dukkha and release from Dukkha.’
The Buddha

https://buddhismnow.com/2023/01/03/morning-meditation-one-thing-i-teach/

#Dukkha #Buddha #Buddhism

Enough really is enough, yet we always want more. So we experience dukkha - things being unsatisfactory.

https://bigthink.com/thinking/swedish-philosophy-lagom-just-enough/

#Enough #Dukkha #Lagom