Dukkha and the End of Dukkha 2:
Ten Ways of Working with Reactivity
Oct 10, 2024
led by special guest Dharma Teacher
Donald Rothberg
The Buddha famously said, "I teach dukkha [suffering or reactivity or a sense of unsatisfactoriness] and the cessation of dukkha.” Donald will explore this core teaching as it is expressed in the teachings of the Two Arrows, Dependent Origination, and the Four Noble Truths. He will suggest ways to study and implement this teaching both in formal meditation and in everyday life, through practices and reflections that bring together the wisdom of seeing the roots of dukkha, the compassion and kindness that can hold our difficulties, and skillful action to transform dukkha.
The Insight Meditation Sitting Group is an on-going Thursday night class, offering continuity of practice within the support of a community of like-minded people. The intention is to bring these valuable teachings of the Buddha into practical applications to our daily lives.
This drop-in class is open to those new to practice as well as those with an established mindfulness practice.
The evening includes a 30 minute sit, a dharma talk, and discussion or interactive inquiry.
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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D., a member of the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, teaches classes, groups, and retreats on concentration and insight practice, lovingkindness practice, transforming the judgmental mind, mindful communication, working skillfully with conflict, and socially engaged Buddhism. He has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976, and has also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice, body-based psychotherapy, and trauma work. He has helped to guide many six-month to two-year training programs in socially engaged spirituality, both Buddhist-based and interfaith, and is the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World. Donald lives in Berkeley, California and has been visiting and teaching in Tucson for the last 10 years.