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Dukkha (Pāli; Sanskrit: duḥkha; Tibetan: སྡུག་བསྔལ་ sdug bsngal, pr. "duk-ngel") is a Buddhist term commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "stress", or "unsatisfactoriness". The principle of dukkha is one of the most important concepts in the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha is reputed to have said: "I have taught one thing and one thing only, dukkha and the cessation of dukkha."

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Did the Buddha really say that "life is suffering"?

dukkhā Old age is dukkha byādhipi dukkho Sickness is dukkha maraṇampi dukkhaṃ Death is dukkha appiyehi sampayogo dukkho Association with the disliked is dukkha piyehi vippayogo … dukkho Separation from the beloved is dukkha yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi dukkhaṃ Not obtaining one's wishes is dukkha —saṃkhittena pañcu­pādā­nak­khan­dhā dukkhā. …
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