Dukkha is more than suffering.

[dukkha]

totalitarians hate non materialism. they can't control people who give no fucks.
they want us to want to keep up with the joneses, even if the joneses epitomize archetypal stupidity.

[Cypress]

I finished The Dhammapada in about two hours, it's really not that long of a read.

I was surprised at the number of references to dieties, spirits, Hell, various and sundry superstitions are in it. A lot of message board Buddhists have worked overtime trying to convince me Buddhism is just a form of philosopy and meditation, that it's almost atheist in approach.

Mara is the Buddhist diety which reminds me of Satan. Mara is a tempter who tries to lead the wise off the path of Liberation.

Buddhism isn't as concerned about good versus evil in the way the Abrahamic religions are. It's not that they don't recognize evil, it's just that it is part of the impermanence of the world, a reality to accept, something to transcend