(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explains the three types of dukkha, and the distinction between dukkha as a universal characteristic and dukkha as a noble truth.

Kim Allen: Understanding Dukkha (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Kim Allen has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with cumulative years of silent retreat. She has practiced with primary teacher Gil Fronsdal and other Western teachers, Theravādan monastics, and a few Mahāyāna teachers, and now offers retreats, sutta study, and experiential Dharma engagement. A teacher and author, Kim aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is https://www.uncontrived.org.

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Kim Allen: Understanding Dukkha (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Kim Allen: Understanding Dukkha (Retreat at Spirit Rock)