Duḥkha (/ˈduːkə/)(Sanskrit: दुःख; Pali: dukkha), "suffering", "pain," "unease," "unsatisfactory," is an important concept in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism...
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impermanent (anitya) All contaminated phenomena are without satisfaction (duḥkha) All phenomena are without self (anātman) Nirvana is peaceful/peace (śānta/śānti)...
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emphasize the concept of Karuna. The verse maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣaṇāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaś citta-prasādanam advocates for the cultivation...
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"homesickness for a place you have never seen". Acedia Angst Compassion fatigue Duḥkha Gnosticism Koyaanisqatsi Lacrimae rerum Mal du siècle Mean world syndrome...
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which is the ultimate state of salvational release and the liberation from duḥkha ('suffering') and saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and rebirth. In Indian religions...
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Aspects Rāja yoga Buddhism Primary problems Duhkha (suffering) Not seeing reality clearly Problem-solving method 1: Cultivate skilful behaviours Yamas...
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signifies the following: Sukha or sukh, happiness in Sanskrit, the opposite of duḥkha (sadness) Sükh, the axe of Mongolian revolutionary Damdin Sükhbaatar Sukh...
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(Sanskrit: anitya): That all things that come to have an end; Dukkha (Sanskrit: duḥkha): That nothing which comes to be is ultimately satisfying; Anattā (Sanskrit:...
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philosophical pessimism are briefly presented here. Constant dissatisfaction — duḥkha — is an intrinsic mark of all sentient existence. All living creatures have...
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Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron, Approaching the Buddhist Path, p.279 note 2: "Duhkha (P. dukkha) is often translated as "suffering," but this translation is...
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the process of a sentient being's rebirth in saṃsāra, and the resultant duḥkha (suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness), and they provide an analysis of rebirth...
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by name, samsara is the situation that is characterized as suffering (*duhkha) in the first of the *Four Noble Truths (aryasatya). Williams 2002, pp. 74–75...
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the contemplation of unattractiveness, impermanence (anitya), suffering (duḥkha), and contemplation death (maraṇasaṃjñā). Other works of the Yogācāra school...
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endlessly, states Buddhism, and it is a source of duhkha (suffering, pain), but this reincarnation and duhkha cycle can be stopped through nirvana. The anattā...
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voiceless stop or sibilant Examples: duḥkṛta (=duṣkṛta, wrong-done) → dukkata, duḥkha (difficult, unagreeable) → dukkha, duḥprajña (misknowledge) → duppañña,...
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Four Noble Truths, namely duḥkha, the arising of duḥkha, the cessation of duḥkha, and the path leading to the cessation of duḥkha; and the law of cause and...
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and how it is obtained. Buddhism is devoted primarily to liberation from Duḥkha or suffering by breaking free of samsara, the cycle of compulsory rebirth...
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meditative experience, which made him realize the suffering (Sanskrit: duḥkha, Pali: dukkha) inherent in all existence. He grew up and experienced a comfortable...
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after-life). The First Truth The first truth, suffering (Pali: dukkha; Sanskrit: duhkha), is characteristic of existence in the realm of rebirth, called samsara...
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he is described as a doctor who cures suffering (Pali/Sanskrit: dukkha/duḥkha) using the medicine of his teachings. The image of Bhaiṣajyaguru is usually...
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(still practiced in Theravada) of the release from individual Suffering (Duhkha) and attainment of Awakening (Nirvana). In Mahayana, the Buddha is seen...
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result in liberating knowledge (vidya, jnana, viveka) that end the cycle of duḥkha (suffering) and rebirth allowing for "a great variety of philosophical formulations"...
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Bhaya and Māyā was the destroyer of living creatures, or Mṛtyu (death); and Duḥkha (pain) was the offspring of Naraka and Vedanā. The children of Mṛtyu were...
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divided into East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhism teaches that life is duḥkha or suffering and the primary goal of Buddhism is the liberation of the practitioner...
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(priority), aparatva (posteriority), buddhi (knowledge), sukha (pleasure), duḥkha (pain), icchā (desire), dveṣa (aversion) and prayatna (effort). To these...
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in Buddhism and Jainism, the most salient characteristic of existence is duhkha or suffering. According to Buddhism, the origin of suffering is desire;...
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form of su-stha, q.v.; c.f. duh̩kha", literally meaning su ['good'] + stha ['standing']. Sukha is juxtaposed with duḥkha (Sanskrit; Pali: dukkha; often...
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was an esoteric symbol for non-discrimination. As wisdom transforms all duhkha into emptiness (sunyata), a yogi who has accomplished the siddhi of non-discriminatory...
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əʄʄə 'today' y- dʒ yadi > dʒe 'if' ḍ- ᶑ Pk. gaḍḍaha- > gəᶑᶑũ 'donkey' d- duḥkha > ᶑʊkkʰə 'sorrow' -rd- ᶑᶑ kūrdati > kʊᶑᶑəɲ 'to jump' -dāt- *kadātana > kəᶑᶑəɳ...
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soul diwatà देवता (devatā, “divinity”) fairy, goddess, nymph dukhâ दुःख (duḥkha, “sorrow, misery, hardship”) poverty dusa दोष (doṣa, “harm, damage, bad...
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