This is the standard version of the course, designed to give you a solid grasp of the overall framework while placing special emphasis on what can be applied in real life.

• Why Does Modern Life Feel So Painful?

• The Three Categories of Suffering

• Zen: What All Suffering Has in Common

• Practice: Using the Three Categories to Understand Work-Related Struggles

The course begins by exploring why people today are so prone to suffering, then helps you organize your struggles through three perspectives: attachment, comparison, and delusion.

From there, it introduces Zen as the foundation beneath them all—Zen as the practice of returning to the here and now.

In the final section, the course turns to work-related struggles as a practical example, showing concretely how to classify them and how to work through them using this framework.

This course is well suited for those who want to first understand the overall structure before going deeper into the full teaching, and for those who want not only conceptual understanding, but also a clear sense of how to apply it to the struggles of everyday life.

It offers a well-balanced path: clear enough to grasp the core of the teaching with ease, and practical enough to bring directly into daily life.