the eight kinds of suffering
A Buddhist term referring to the eight fundamental sufferings: birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, and the pains of the five skandhas. Used in religious or philosophical contexts.
In Buddhism, the sufferings of life are classified as the eight kinds of suffering.
四苦八苦という言葉は、八苦から来ている。
The expression 四苦八苦 (shikuhakku) comes from the eight kinds of suffering.
dire distress; great hardship; struggling desperately · the four and eight kinds of suffering (Buddhism)
the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains · a series of disasters; one misfortune after another
From 八 (eight) + 苦 (suffering). A Buddhist term translating the Sanskrit aṣṭa duḥkha, referring to the eight fundamental sufferings in Buddhist doctrine.