the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
佛学上指世间生、老、病、死、怨憎会、爱别离、求不得、五盛阴等八种苦果。
佛教宣扬人有八苦，即生、老、病、死、恩爱、别离、求不得、怨憎会、忧悲。见《大般涅槃经·圣行品》、《法苑珠林·怨苦·八苦》。
南朝 梁简文帝 《菩提树颂序》：“悲哉六识，沉沦八苦。”