What is Suffering? - An excerpt from Pain and Suffering in Buddhism. Suffering is distinctly different from pain, but it is often confused for pain – the two words are frequently used interchangeably. Suffering may be thought of as an uncomfortable or negative emotional reaction to unwanted circumstances. Sometimes these circumstances will be getting things you don’t want or having things happen to you that you wanted to avoid. Sometimes we might suffer over not getting wh

Why do we too often feel life is filled with little disappointments? Why aren't our expectations being met?

An excerpt from My Buddhist Journal; A Year in the Life of a Buddhist The Story of Milarepa From My Buddhist Journal - The Month of April ---------- The story of the Life of Milarepa is a mainstay in Tibetan literature. I've read it a few times, finding new, inspirational nuances with every reading. True, the story comes to us through the oral traditions, so we can’t really know how much (if any) was historically accurate. Still, the story has much to teach a student of th