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I also noticed that you have been editing articles on Tibetan Buddhism-related topics. You may be interested in joining WikiProject Tibet, a group of editors working to improve coverage of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism on Wikipedia. Again, welcome! --Gimme danger (talk) 07:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Skandha additions

Hi Peaceful5 - Could you help educate me on the basis for your recent additions to the Skandha article? I'm guessing that we're working perhaps from different traditions. (For instance, among translators with whom I'm familiar, I only recollect — and my recollections are frequently faulty — Thanissaro Bhikkhu using "discrimination" for, I think, pañña, but not sañña. "Compositional factors" sounds familiar but I can't rightly place it.) Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks again for your thoughtful efforts! Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 12:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Dear Larry, I added the translations I'm most familiar with to aid other people who use the same language. I study in a Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. Here are some sources that use this translation.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.

In general, discrimination means the ability to discern one thing from another. One definition of the aggregate of discrimination is "a mental factor that functions to apprehend the uncommon signs of an object ... and thereby to distinguish it from other objects"^[5] Peaceful5 (talk) 16:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Peaceful - most excellent! Your response is very helpful! One of these days I plan to provide citations for each of the translations provided on the Skandha page (e.g., as is done on Mettā) and your information is perfect for such. Thanks again, Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 19:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dorje Shugdens Face.jpg

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Sorry just noticed the rationale. Guest9999 (talk) 13:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)