created sense approved 八苦 · bākǔ · eight distresses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
八苦
bākǔ
eight distresses
In Buddhism, the eight sources of suffering: birth, aging, illness, death, being separated from loved ones, being forced to meet those one dislikes, failing to achieve one's desires, and the suffering of the five skandhas.
八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · hardship
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