Alternate Translations
Translations used for dukkha in the context of the four noble truths are:
- A basic unsatisfactoriness pervading all existence (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
- Anguish
- Anxiety (Chogyam Trungpa, The Truth of Suffering, pp. 8–10)
- Affliction (Brazier)
- Dissatisfaction (Pema Chodron, Chogyam Trunpa)
- Discomfort
- Discontent
- Frustration (Dalai Lama, Four Noble Truths, p. 38)
- Misery
- Sorrow
- Stress (Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Jon Kabat-Zin)
- Suffering (Thich Nhat Hanh, Ajahn Succito, Chogyam Trungpa, Rupert Gethin, Dalai Lama, et al.)
- Uneasiness (Chogyam Trungpa)
- Unease (Rupert Gethin)
- Unhappiness
- Unsatisfactoriness (Rupert Gethin; Dalai Lama, Four Noble Truths, p. 38; Piyadassi Thera, The Ancient Path)
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