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[edit] Switched?
From the article:
- Dukkha-dukkha (all pervading pain) is the obvious sufferings of physical pain, illness, old age, death, the loss of a loved one.
- Sankhara-dukkha (pain of pain) is a subtle form of suffering inherent in the nature of conditioned things, including the skandhas, the factors constituting the human mind.
Looks like these translations are switched, right? - Nat Krause 09:22, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion
I propose expanding the latter and clarifying the definition of sankhara-dukkha. To a non-Buddhist this probably makes little or no sense, so I think it needs to be explained a bit better. I'll toy around with it a bit, but if someone can rewrite it better, go for it.- Theli 93 13:53, 16 Aug 2005
[edit] Remove Chakras and dukkha section
This section is maybe an idea or opinion of one teacher but it is definitely not common buddhist theory. I propose to remove it. Wintermute314 15:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
- Definitely. Arrow740 03:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed External Link: dukkha Yahoo Group
dukkha Yahoo Group with researched posts Dhammapal 12:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling
Is "dukkha" the Pali version of Saksrit "duhkha"? Must be.
- Yes; I've added the Sanskrit. However, I think the entry should remain primarily under "dukkha", as that is the more familiar term in Western Buddhism, used often informally by Mahayana practitioners as well. (Where, for instance, the Sanskrit "karma" is more commonly familiar than the Pali "kamma", so that entry is under the former.) Homohabilis (talk) 14:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Kanji
Interesting to note that the kanji for suffering 苦 has a cross in the middle of it...Andycjp 07:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
- Chinese ideographs were composed more than a millennia before Christ. Also, China, being a completely different culture (if you can imagine that) has an altogether different viewpoint on what a cross-like symbols represent. The radical 十 can just mean the number ten. Nothing to do with Christian mythology. Please don't promote your own biased perspectives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.9.146.243 (talk) 08:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Remove external link to "Panetics"
While this project may be laudable, and apparently uses the word "dukkha" in its literature, its aim "to reduce human suffering inflicted by individuals acting through governments, institutions, professions, and social groups" really has nothing to do with the Buddha's teaching about dukkha, its cause and its cure. If someone wishes to inform Wikipedia readers about the Panetics project, an entry under that heading would be more appropriate. Homohabilis (talk) 14:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
