# Marjolein Janssen: Subtracting the Suffering: What Happens When We Stop Adding

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Podcast: [Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230)
Published: 2026-05-19T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/97245/
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## Resource

(Insight Meditation Community of Richmond) Every moment of experience arrives simple and bare, but the mind rarely leaves it that way. This talk explores SN 35.95, the Māluṅkyaputta Sutta, and Māluṅkyaputta's insight that suffering is not in what we experience, but in what we add to it.

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