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the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)Sources & editorial notes
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八苦 八苦 [ba1 ku3] /the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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