Who suffers?
Q: Ramana Maharshi has commented: "Who suffers? Only the ego." Is this overly simplified?
A. The important distinction, in the context of Maharshi's comment, is that pain is an unavoidable physical reality inherent within the world of the finite.
Our reaction to this pain is what creates all of our misery and suffering.
Who and what we are, at the deepest, most fundamental level, remains untouched by the pain, suffering and misery of the world.