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19 questions linked to/from Why is the Buddha described as trackless?
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Enlightenment finding me
How can a small woman in a small country who does
not understand many of these questions, let alone
the answers, ever hope to become enlightened.
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Should I identify myself as formless?
Namo Buddhaya.
Sabbe Dhamma Anatta. Form is Anatta too. Meaning form is not worth identifying as myself, me or mine.
Does that mean that I should identify myself as formless ? Am I in form or am I ...
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Is there a real difference between "not-self" and "no self", and if so, which one is correct?
Just in case someone is interested, this is a question based on this thread, but it's not necessary to read such discussion to understand and answer this question.
I'd like to know about the ...
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What is the etymology of "byāpāda"
The standard description of Wrong Thought (micchāsaṅkappo) in Pali is
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchāsaṅkappo? Kāmasaṅkappo, byāpādasaṅkappo, vihiṃsāsaṅkappo—ayaṃ, bhikkhave, micchāsaṅkappo. (...
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Does any real existent or genuine person end with parinibbana?
Does modern Theravada accept that no real person ends with the break up of the body of a realized one? That the moment after the break up of the body of a realized one is the same as the moment before?...
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Is The Kālāma Sutta Really Libertarian?
The Kālāma Sutta is often cited with approval by Modernist Buddhists as affirming a Libertarian ideology in which one need not take cognisance of anyone else's opinions or group norms, but one can ...
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Is there a concept of after life in Buddhism?
I know that Nirvana is not like heaven the one they have in Christianity and Islam, but rather just a state of mind in the present world. Then what happens to someone who dies after becoming the ...
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Knowledge as a bad thing
In the Dhammapada there is a verse that says "To his own ruin the fool seeks knowledge, for it cleaves his head and destroys his innate goodness". Is there a distinction between wisdom and knowledge? ...
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Are there any attempts to prove the eternal blissful etc. self?
The mahaparinirvana sutra seems to claim that there is an eternal blissful and pure self
'Self' appears in the positive very many times in that sutra, e.g. here (Chapter 33) ,,,
Knowledge ["jnana"]...
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Cause and End of Suffering vs the Four Noble truths
I have heard that the Buddha once stated that he only teaches the cause of suffering and the end of suffering.
Can I have a Sutta reference for this?
What happened to the other two of the four noble ...
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Question about the contrast between Buddhist statements and Christian doctrine
In the Christian Bible (especially in the Book of John), Jesus often talked about Himself as using phrases like:
I am the light of the world
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be ...
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What is the basis?
I was reading this comment which included ...
I guess I'm perhaps not entirely aware of what the basic problem which affects me is. I feel that in many ways, I'm either backwards or not fully ...
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How can we make compatible the 'ehipassiko' aspect of the Dhamma with the faith aspects of it?
In this sutta (https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.077.than.html), it is explained that the power of Gotama Buddha as a sammasambuddha cannot or should not be conjecture about; the ...
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Why do Buddhists argue that nirvana is nothing in addition to the skandhas?
Why do Buddhists argue that nirvana is nothing in addition to the skandhas? I found this, and I hope it suffices to demonstrate that's what the Buddha taught:
"What do you think: Do you regard the ...
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Would a true Buddhist engage in the No True Scotsman fallacy?
The No true Scotsman fallacy is a rhetorical trick to avert criticism of a generalization by appealing to the impurity of counterexamples i.e., "no true Scotsman would do such a thing!"
My question ...
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