dukkha

[ doo-kuh ]

/ ˈdu kə /

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noun Buddhism.

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

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Origin of dukkha

From Pali

Words nearby dukkha

dukes, Dukes classification, Dukes disease, Dukhobor, dukka, dukkha, DUKW, Dulbecco, dulc., Dulce, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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How to use dukkha in a sentence

Dukkha is the contrary of this: uneasiness, discomfort, difficulty.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)|Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for dukkha

dukkha

/ (ˈdukə) /

noun

(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 existenceSanskrit word: duhkha Compare anata, anicca

Word Origin for dukkha

Pali, literally: suffering, illness

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