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We get pleasure and satisfaction by doing Mathematics. Thinking over math problems and solving them does give us some pleasure. According to Buddhism, what is this pleasure categorized as? A sensual ...
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What does the word 'dhamma' mean when the Buddha said 'sabbe dhamma annatta'.
I am being confused here. I looked through the translation. It reads 'all conditioned/unconditioned things are not-self'.
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In this link and this link the Buddha says that "there is stress" (or suffering or whatever your preferred translation of dukkha is). The Buddha does not say that suffering (dukkha) is ...
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travellers -
I was struck by the term maññassavā in the Dhatuvibhanga Sutta.
They have four foundations, standing on which the streams of
identification don’t flow. And when the streams of ...
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I've heard that patience has a big place in Buddhism. It is especially very important for monks. I can think two ways of patience.
When we get angry, we have to have patience to avoid bad ...
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The conventional Buddhist view of causality is that the present
negative and positive effects we see in our lives are a result of
negative and positive causes that we created in the past. So in order
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When a ‘person’ walks the path and reaches the goal of Nibbāna, ‘who’ actually reaches it?
‘Who’ walked the path and where did 'he' go when Nibbāna was reached, to be more exact?
We as unenlightened ...
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My original belief used to be that as long as you are a decent good person without any intentions to hurt others, you'll be fine. Meaning that no matter what religion you follow, no matter how flawed ...
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In the question "A question regarding the level of worldly participation for a buddhist monk", Bhante gave an answer containing a Zen quote.
The quote is;
"Before Enlightenment chop wood, carry ...
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What are the Buddhas of the ten directions? What are the applications of this teaching in the Buddhist traditions?
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The 3rd precept is:
I undertake the training rule to avoid sexual misconduct.
How is this precept explained?
Marriage is defined differently in different cultures, so are the commonly ...
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Questions in the title. What is the significance of this term and how it is used by the Buddha in the suttas?
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I am not sure if Buddha said it or not, I was flipping around some Buddha quotes pictures and found an image saying "Its better to travel well than to arrive".
can anyone explain What does it mean ?
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What are the key aspects of Vipassana that are not present in Samatha?
What is the main difference in the method from a meditator's perspective?
Labeling emotions and feelings are part of samatha ...
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Can you answer this question?
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I am most perplexed about this aspect of the training as it is explained by Mahasi Sayadaw in Manual of Insight.
He writes about path-oriented and fruition-oriented maturing of insight knowledges;
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