In our episode "Buddhist Blessings," we spoke with Katherine "Senshin" Griffith, head teacher at the Zen Center of Los ...

Dukkha close dukkhaSuffering, illness, dissatisfaction or imperfection. An unavoidable fact of existence according to the first Noble Truth of Buddhism. means suffering. It is the idea that ...

Dukkha refers to the ‘suffering’ or ‘unsatisfactoriness’ of life. The belief is that dukkha is caused by greed and craving, also known as tanha or 'thirst'. Buddhism teaches that it is ...

We often hear it translated as "suffering," and the First Noble Truth of Buddhism is commonly stated as “Life is suffering.” But as Griffith explained, that translation is misleading.