Talk:Dhyāna

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Shouldn't the table go Sanskrit-Chinese-Korean-Japanese? -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 22:46, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

A request dor someone to write a seperate page on Jhana, which is now just a redirect to dhyana. --81.153.184.207 23:17, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Aren't those words synonyms? - Nat Krause 15:30, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, synonymy across languages and across sects is kind of tricky, but I think the ultimate point is that they should be in the same article. Unless we're talking about some *other* jhana. -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 15:00, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, the main article on Buddhist jhana is good, though could do with some expansion to show how jhana fits in the path, as suggested by the end comment on psychic powers. But i am worried by the external links, which for the most part point to highly idiosyncratic interpretations of jhana; the Dhammakaya link doesn't even talk about jhana directly. I think these links should point to places that expand and give details on the mainstream understanding of jhana as explained in the article itself. Sujato

[edit] Article name

Hello, shouldn't the name of the article be Dhyāna so that Dhyana would redirect there and not vice versa? With the macron the transcription of the term is more precise and correct. -Oghmoir 09:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

There doesn't seem to be any firmly established convention.Sylvain1972 17:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

Could someone please explain the pronunciation of dhyana, and other Buddhist words, such as dharma? Alan Joe Skarda 15:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

"Dhyāna" is pronounced [dʱjanə]; it rhymes with the name "Donna" (if you have an American accent) . The [dʱ] sound does not exist in English, so we typically just say [djanə]. As for "dharma", if you go to the article dharma, you can hear a recording of the pronunciation.—Nat Krause^{(Talk!·What have I done?)} 16:43, 18 April 2007 (UTC)