Sukha-Duhkha, Pleasure-Pain
This is the first piece. We hear of two words a lot in Indian thought—sukha (pleasure and happiness), and dubkha (sorrow or pain). These are familiar words in Buddhism, but there is a secret in them. Sukha comes from su, meaning ‘good’ and kha meaning ‘space’. Duhkha comes from dus (or duh, dur, dush and…