Dukkha in Buddhism

Generally translated to mean suffering, dukkha refers to the unsatisfactoriness inherent in all aspects of life, or the flawed nature of all that exists. It has been described as the Buddha's greatest wisdom, as he understood that the ordinary difficulties of life (i.e. sickness, old age and death, change, conditioned experience) did not necessarily have to result in suffering.
Pain is differentiated from suffering. It is our response to pain which creates suffering. Attachment, aversion, and delusion are noted as the causes of suffering; hence, release from suffering is possible as one attends to those habitual responses.
Simply put, Buddhism teaches the inherent nature of suffering, the way out of suffering, and that we are all interconnected through common suffering. It is not learned intellectually, but is available through inquiry of the lived