In this chapter from the book Psychology and Buddhism: From Individual to Global Community, the author discusses recent trends in society of attributing the causes of suffering and behavior to external, purely biological causes, while ignoring the role of subjectivity, the mind, meaning, personal responsibility and intentions. As a working psychologist and psychotherapist, the author finds this recent trend troubling. The author suggests Buddhism has an alternative approach to understanding the mind and behavior which looks at suffering in terms of both mental and physical causes. The author outlines the Buddhist view of suffering (or dukkha in Sanskrit), in a larger effort of seeking out a science of subjectivity. (Zach Rowinski 2005-01-02)