Top new questions this week:
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Every day I struggle with an onslaught of negative thoughts (perfectionists with huge ego)
I came upon 2 different schools of thought in Buddhism teaching.
One would be to try to ignore the thoughts, ...
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In MN.98, the Buddha seems to deny the ethnic/racial/genetic differences between humans. He seems to indicate that differences in physical traits between individuals are not determined by birth as in ...
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This is rather a personal question.
Sometimes, I am a very depressed individual, and besides other things, I'm struggling with a lack of energy.
It happens that I sleep for 10 or more hours. ...
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Are there any list of thought patterns / believes of a person who have extream aversion, conceite .... etc ?
There is an android app that gives a similar result. (I'm not sure that I can linked to a ...
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Should we care about what others think? If so, to what level? (Most of the time, those thoughts creates suffering).
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from AN 2.21:
"Monks, these two are fools. Which two? The one who doesn't see his transgression as a transgression, and the one who doesn't rightfully pardon another who has confessed his ...
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In reading this answer to another question I came across this link which is seemingly a Tibetan Buddhist site proclaiming the following:
In Buddhism the two beings that are often confused with the ...
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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Does stock trading count as pursuing gain with gain mentioned as wrong view in MN117?
Sure active stock trading is very destructive, especially nowadays it's like trading the weather, but does it ...
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Will they get to suffer in hell? I am trying to find out more about their fate..I know that if you get angry a lot you get reborn ugly..But what happens to people who cheat on you??Will they get ...
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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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I've heard there's a rumor saying that lord Buddha was born in Sri Lanka and ancient "Dambadiwa" is not India but Sri Lanka. There's a "sal" tree in Sri Lanka which matches to the exact tree that we ...
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Why do Buddhists believe there is no creator?
Do Buddhists in general also believe there is no supreme being, or do they settle on that there is no intervening supreme being?
Are these the Buddha's ...
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After attaining Nirvana, what happens to the person(conscious) after death?
Does the person cease to exist?
If not, does the person go to some peaceful place?
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Do music help? Why sometimes it feels equal to meditation in terms of achieving bliss (may be for short span of period) Or music is just an another time wasting thing? Text with links and pictorials ...
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Can you answer this question?
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Dear friends, I am looking for references pertaining to the notion of the Four Stages of Compassion in the Mahayana traditions.
Thank you for your kind and generous help, may you all be well and ...
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