'''Suffering''' ([[Sanskrit]] ''duḥkha''), or [[pain]] in one sense, is the first of the [[Four Noble Truths]].
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'''Suffering''' is "physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling".<ref>[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/suffering Suffering], Cambridge dictionary</ref>
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== Suffering and Christianity ==
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[[Saint Paul]] wrote: "And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the [[Holy Spirit]] that has been given to us." - Romans 5: 3-4 (NRSV)
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== Suffering and Buddhism ==
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([[Sanskrit]] ''duḥkha''), or [[pain]] in one sense, is the first of the [[Four Noble Truths]].
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Alternative Translations of the Sanskrit work "Duhkha":
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==Alternative Translations of the Sanskrit work "Duhkha"==