In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human ...

An outline of some foundational teachings of Buddhism and its response to suffering. The presenter talks through the key ideas, including the story of Siddhartha, with cartoon illustrations.

The article explores the inevitability of suffering in life and how it can lead to personal growth and empathy. Drawing on ...

Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based on the realizations or insights of the historical Buddha and that it holds that all suffering and even the suffering of death are related to ...

Wright’s book is an excellent read, underscoring that Buddhism and its key technology, mindfulness, help us deconstruct suffering and the “self” itself. Our findings in meditation ...

At the heart of Buddhism is the concept of dukkha (suffering) and the path to its cessation through the Noble Eightfold Path. This focus on personal spiritual liberation, individual enlightenment ...