Unpacking the Buddha's First Discourse

Welcome to Episode 3 of Unpacking the Buddha's First Discourse—where we go beyond surface-level summaries and dive deep into the heart of the Dharma. In this installment, we begin peeling back the layers of the First Noble Truth: suffering—what it is, where it hides, and how the Buddha framed it in a way that still challenges our assumptions today. Think of this as less of a lecture and more of a guided excavation, where every word is a clue, and every phrase could be a trap—or a treasure. Ready to crack the code? Let’s keep digging.