The Pali word Dukkha is a very subtle word with many shades of meaning.
Dukkha refers to the realm of the material world we dwell in most of the time and to how all things in that world are a bit unsatisfying. Everything changes all the time; things get old, get lost, break, stop working... even our bodies are subject to these inescapable flaws.
Things (people, animals, plants) getting old, getting lost, breaking, stop working... cause us depression and grief, stress, and irritation. This is called Dukkha.
As the Buddha points out there is a way out of Dukkha.
Too get away from Dukkha is the number one goal of meditation.
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