(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 existence
Sanskrit word: duhkha. Compare anata, anicca
Word origin
Pali, literally: suffering, illness
dukkha in American English
(ˈduːkə)
noun
Buddhism
the first of the Four Noble Truths, that all human experience is transient and that suffering results from excessive desire and attachment