Seattle Insight Meditation

Dukkha as Optional Suffering

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Teacher: Tim Geil
Date: 2025-01-13 Monday

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Reflection and Practice

Start to use the experience of suffering as a cue to pause and pay attention. What is this state like? Where exactly is the rub? How much is unavoidable pain? How much is optional based on my assumptions, reactions and conditioning? How can I tell the difference? What role does compassion have?

This recording was edited and prepared for publication by volunteer John Stott.

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