八苦 bākǔ

bākǔ phrase eight kinds of suffering; the eight distresses
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aṣṭaduḥkha; Tibetan: sdug bsngal rgyad; namely: 1. birth 生苦, 2. old age 老苦, 3. sickness 病苦, 4. death 死苦, 5. parting with what we love 爱别离苦, 6. meeting with what we hate 怨憎会苦, 7. not getting what we want 求不得苦, and 8. all the ills of the five skandhas 五蕴熾盛苦 (BL 'eight sufferings'; FGDB '八苦'; SH '八苦', p. 39; Tzu Chuang 2012)

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