Alan Watts | The Real Cause of Suffering (And Why You’re Still Clinging)

What 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 causes suffering? Is it pain, or is it our 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵?

In this captivating excerpt from the 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, drawn from the seminar 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙, Alan unpacks the 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 of Buddhism: the root of suffering—𝐓𝐫̣𝐬̣𝐧̣𝐚̄—or craving. With wit and wisdom, he explores how clinging, grasping, and even 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 leads us into a tangled dance with dissatisfaction.

💠 “𝘕𝘪𝘳𝘷𝘢̄𝘯̣𝘢,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴, “𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩—“𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘸”—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” 💠

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck—mentally, emotionally, or spiritually—this is essential listening.

📜 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭
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📕 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤
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🔉 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
Speaker: Alan Watts
MP3 Title: The Cause of Suffering
Album: The World as Emptiness (Part 1)
Seminar: Out of Your Mind
Courtesy of: Alan Watts Audio Archives

🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝
The Second Noble Truth: Tṛṣṇā (craving/clinging)
The Middle Way
Letting go of the desire to let go
Nirvāṇa as freedom, not emptiness
The illusion of control and the art of surrender

⚡ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
Watts doesn't offer tidy spiritual clichés—he invites you to rethink what it means to suffer, to desire, and to live fully present. Perfect for seekers, skeptics, and anyone caught in the grind of modern life.

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