Visualizing the Causes of Suffering and the Role of Meditation

In Buddhist thought, suffering (dukkha) arises from three core patterns: attachment (rāga), aversion (dveṣa), and ignorance (avidyā). Meditation helps us relate to the causes of suffering by creating space and loosening their hold.

This site is interested in how isolating individual visual representations of the causes of suffering can support practitioners in understanding how they come together in meditation.