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| − | '''Suffering''' ([[Sanskrit]] ''duḥkha''), or [[pain]] in one sense, is the first of the [[Four Noble Truths]]. | + | '''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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* [[frustration]] | * [[frustration]] | ||
* [[stress]] (Jon Kabat-Zin) | * [[stress]] (Jon Kabat-Zin) | ||
Revision as of 02:29, February 26, 2025
Suffering is "physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling".[1]
Suffering and Christianity
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)
Suffering and Buddhism
(Sanskrit duḥkha), or pain in one sense, is the first of the Four Noble Truths.
Alternative Translations of the Sanskrit work "Duhkha":
- frustration
- stress (Jon Kabat-Zin)
See also
- Four Noble Truths
- Dependent origination: Interdependence
- Five Precepts
- Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
- Refuge
- Bodhisattva - Buddha
- Hinduism: Upanishads and Vedas
- Yoga
- Ten Commandments of Judaism and Christianity