Sep 10, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
**Welcome to StoneWater Zen Talks. In this episode, Keizan Roshi explores the question: why did the ego develop to feel a sense of separateness, if that's what causes our suffering? Chat GPT gives an…
David Keizan ScottHostUm, I thought I'd talk this evening about a question I've asked myself, and I'll, I'll briefly explore it with you.
Um, so the question I was asking myself was, within the Buddhist tradition, suffering is said to arise because of the delusion that we have from our separate self.
And the separate self and its ego, and subsequent desires, is what causes our suffering.
However, why did it develop that way? How is it that we developed to make this mistake? And where does it lead us to?
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