So, I'm turning this on.

Tonight I'm going to attempt to answer the question,

what does a principled authentic meaningful bold, authentic, meaningful, useful kind of caring for others look like.

The principles of caring for others who are suffering.

So tonight's talk has a lot of information.

You may want to avail yourself later on of the listening to it again.

Everything is on the, we'll be on the podcast site, which can be found at Darma Kunks with X NYC if it's of so

interest. So the Buddha noted that in life there are first arrow sufferings and second arrow sufferings.

First hour sufferings are the things that are inevitable that are basically done to us by the world, other people

around that we can do nothing about.

They're unavoidable in life.

The Buddha and the first noble truth gives a list that we can expect old age,

sickness, suffering, death, sorrow, lamentation, grief, despair, that you will be separated

from people you love and you'll be stuck at times with people you're not too fond about,

that frustrating events will happen.

I like to break it down into basic three, which is, one, we will experience some chronic physical

pain.

Two, we will experience losses and abandonment and separations from people that we love and that we seek relationships with.

And three, we will often lose even what gives our life a sense of purpose or meaning.

For instance, some people get purpose or fulfillment by playing in a band, then the band breaks up or they love

coaching soccer or softball and the season ends or they love doing some form of dance and then they experience an accident where they can't dance.

It's very possible in life to not only lose people but to lose access to that which brings a sense of authentic,

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