dukkha

[ doo-kuh ]

nounBuddhism.
  1. the first of the Four Noble Truths, that all human experience is transient and that suffering results from excessive desire and attachment.

Origin of dukkha

1
From Pali

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British Dictionary definitions for dukkha

dukkha

/ (ˈdukə) /


noun
  1. (in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that all things are suffering, due to the desire to seek permanence or recognize the self when neither exist: one of the three basic characteristics of existence: Sanskrit word: duhkha Compare anata, anicca

Origin of dukkha

1
Pali, literally: suffering, illness

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