Suffering

The all-pervasive suffering refers to the five tainted aggregates which are the basis for the experience of the suffering of suffering and the suffering of change.

The true causes of our true sufferings are our belief in a false reality and unawareness that it is mere fantasy, plus the disturbing emotions and compulsive behavior that they generate.

Buddhist methods for developing compassion, the beneficial state of mind wishing for others to be free of their suffering.

Nagarjuna wrote this poem as a letter to his friend, King Gautamiputra, as advice on the practice of the entire Buddhist path leading to liberation for both householders and monastics.

The way to avoid suffering is to hold ourselves back from acting out of ignorance, anger or greed.

Ringu Tulku discusses how to find happiness in the most dire of situations, whether anger can ever be useful, and what Buddhism really is.