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Week 3 Discussion Buddhism

Week 3 Discussion Buddhism

Q Option 2 For this option, address the following: a. Explain the Buddhist understanding of dukkha. b. Why do many scholars feel that "suffering" may be a misleading translation of the word dukkha? What might be a better translation? c. What did the Buddha offer as a way to overcome dukkha and how does it explain his understanding? d. In what ways does the Buddhist notion of dukkha challenge or affirm Western medical practice?

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The idea of Dukkha is very important in Buddhism. It is all about acknowledging and accepting the fact that suffering exists and everyone has to go through a certain period or cycle of suffering. The concept of Dukkha is also important become the followers of Buddhism try to end the cycle of suffering by understand why people suffer. The core idea is that suffering springs out from craving materialistic things and also due to certain crucial events in a human being’s life like- birth, old age and death. The concept of Dukkha is also present in Hinduism. Under this perspective life is seen as a journey where pain is inevitable and the better or sooner, we accept this the smoother life will be. There is not use fighting that why pain exists. Dukkha exists because of our desires, our expectation and our actions (Gethin, 1998).