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FindCenter Quotes ImageMental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

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C. S. Lewis
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Our Human Potential: The Unassailable Path of Love, Compassion, and Meditation

When His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, they fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice.

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The Dalai Lama
2019
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The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy

The first book from Bodhi magazine columnist Andrew Holecek is a demanding yet valuable take on the joys and challenges to be found on the Buddhist path.

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Andrew Holecek
2010
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5 Ways to Deal with Despair that Won’t Go Away

Despair may knock the wind out of you, but when embraced and managed effectively, it can also lift you to even greater heights.

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Sean Grover
2021
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The Mind that Suffers

Recognizing suffering is the first step on the Buddhist path. But what is suffering or dukkha? Dukkha encompasses not only the acute suffering of sickness, aging, and death, but also includes our vague feelings of anxiety and dissatisfaction that underly every moment of our lives.

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Phillip Moffitt
2008
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The Roots of Suffering: Greed, Aversion, and Delusion - Phillip Moffitt

The Buddha taught that the origins of suffering are greed, aversion, and delusion, which he called the Three Unwholesome Roots. Through mindfulness we can liberate ourselves from these tendencies of mind and ease our suffering.

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Phillip Moffitt
2011
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On Anger and Closing the Circle of Suffering | Sister Chan Khong

Sister Chan Khong sharing her insights into the nature of anger and closing the circle of suffering.

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Chan Khong
2014
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03 – Stop the Toxic Positivity with Widow and Bestselling Author Nora McInerny

Amy talks to best-selling author and podcast host, Nora McInerny, about how toxic positivity causes more pain. She shares how to embrace uncomfortable feelings rather than fight them so you can live a better life.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2020
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A Rabbi Explains How to Make Sense of Suffering

“We’ve been suddenly plunged into an existential crisis, and we’re not a society in general that turns to deep questions of life meaning.”

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Sean Illing
2020
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Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken

Buddhist advice for the heartbroken.

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Lodro Rinzler
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2016
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