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  2. Pain Without Suffering
  3. Getting the Most Out of Now
    So much of our suffering in life seems to come from events in the past, worries about the future, things done or said by other people, that sometimes it’s hard to believe the Buddha when he says suffering comes from within, from what you’re doing right now. But as he points out, there are two kinds of suffering in the world: There … 
  4. How Not to Suffer
  5. Point of Suffering, The
  6. How Not to Suffer
  7. No Need to Suffer
  8. The Water in Your Cup
     … The Buddha lists them as thoughts involved with sensuality—in other words, your fascination with planning sensual pleasures; thoughts of ill will—hoping to see other people suffer; and thoughts of harmfulness, where you don’t simply wait for them to suffer on their own. You’re going to see if you can hurry up the suffering. All of those kinds of thinking, he … 
  9. Fabricating Around Pain
     … What are all beings doing? All beings are suffering. You’re not the only one who’s suffering. You don’t want to suffer, they don’t want to suffer. So you can feel some companionship. That’s an important thing to keep in mind. We’re all subject to aging, illness, and death. And you don’t want to carry any ill will … 
  10. Sustenence for a Suffering Mind
  11. The Skill of Not Suffering
  12. In a World of Suffering
  13. Compassionate Duties
     … The Buddha never asked people before he taught them the end of suffering, “Do you deserve to suffer or not?” Some people seem to think that they deserve to suffer, but that was never a question for the Buddha. His approach was: If you’re suffering, here’s the way out. After all, we’ve all done things in the past that are pretty … 
  14. Right View
     … First is the truth of suffering or stress; dukkha is the Pali term. Sometimes we’re told that the first truth is that “life is suffering” or “everything is suffering,” but that’s not the case. The Buddha basically said that “there is suffering.” It’s one of four things you’re going to encounter in life that you should pay attention to. You … 
  15. You Don't Have to Suffer
  16. You Can Choose Not to Suffer
  17. Training the Mind Not to Suffer
  18. In Line with the Dhamma
     … Craving is always causing suffering. Ignorance is always causing suffering.” It’s happening all the time, but the reason we don’t see it is because we’re more content with our illusions—but that means also that we’re content with the suffering they cause. We have to learn how to put these two facts together, and realize it’s time to wake … 
  19. Approaching the four noble truths
     … taking the teachings, seeing how they apply to this questions of “Why am I suffering? How am I suffering? What exactly is my suffering? And how can I put an end to it?” And being really focused on what you’re doing. If you bring that attitude, that’s when you’re wise and you listen to the teachings in the wisest way. If … 
  20. The Four Noble Truths
     … Instead of saying, “I’m suffering, I’m suffering,” just look, “Okay, where is the suffering and what’s actually causing it?” Look in terms of cause and effect. And do what you can to get the “I” out of there, so that you can look purely in terms of what you’re doing, what the results are. This is why, when you meditate … 
  21. Taking Risks
     … And you look at all the things that cause us suffering in life and they really are bewildering. It’s enough to drive you crazy. Fortunately, we have people who’ve been through this before us, and they can not only help to relieve some of our sufferings but can also explain why they’re caused so we can begin to explore on our … 
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