This is day two of this Four Day, February 2023 sesshin. Today we'll look at another chapter from Master Sheng Yen's book, "Subtle Wisdom: Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion through Chan Buddhism". In other words through Zen. And we'll jump ahead to chapter three, titled "Buddhism: Pain and Suffering". Yesterday, we read from the first chapter in which he shared several stories of his childhood experiences that had triggered deep questions in him. And eventually, a resolve to investigate the great matter. And each time we sit down to do the Zen, we're doing just that, especially during session, when we have this opportunity to take a deep dive. But whether it's inside or outside of machine, or you know, no matter where we are, what we're doing, each moment, in and of itself, is an opportunity to look into our mind. We come to see our habitual thought patterns, the ways we tend to get caught up in judgments, narratives about ourselves and others. The situations in which we tense up, overreact, perhaps catastrophize. And our attempts to dodge, discomfort, both physical and emotional. Of course, working with pain is and suffering is fundamental to practice. It's the human condition. It's for many of us, it's what brought us here, it's what brought us to practice in the first place, a desire to find relief from the suffering we experience in our lives, from our anxiety or stress, our fear and anger or just from the general dissatisfaction that we experience repeatedly. When we chase after our cravings, and discover time and again, it leaves us unfulfilled.