And this—this endless stream of small irritations, of tiny pebbles in your shoes—this is dukkha. On Fifty Words for Snow, the podcast I co-host with Emily John Garcés, we explore words that ...

Buddha didn’t have to deal with Wi-Fi drops or WhatsApp group spam, but his 4 Noble Truths—delivered under a Bodhi tree—still ...

Dukkha refers to the ‘suffering’ or ‘unsatisfactoriness’ of life. A person might temporarily fulfil their desires but suffering – whether physical, emotional or mental – cannot be avoided.

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 ...