Linked Questions
51 questions linked to/from Learning materials for Dependent Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda) in Theravada Buddhism
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Once ignorance is removed ,is the cessation of suffering automatic?
As per my understanding the only effort I have to make for the cessation of suffering is to realize the Truth as it removes the ignorance. Once I have removed the ignorance rest of the things happen ...
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Who is really suffering in Hell and Enjoying in Heaven?
When a person dies, s/he goes to heaven or hell based on present life karma and any past karmas. In Buddhism, if there is no soul, who is punished in hell and who enjoys in heaven? as there is no ...
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Vipassana texts and books references request [duplicate]
I just read Allan Wallace's "The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind" book. He cites vipashyana (or vipassana, vipassanā, vipaśyanā, lha-thong) but he doesn't deepen much on ...
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The Final Moment of the Buddha's Realization
“Siddhartha Gotama sat for one last time under the pipul tree with the adiṭṭhāna that he would not get up till he became realized. He battled the beautiful as well as the ugly and fearful illusions of ...
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Why isn't Buddhānussati more popular in the West?
From what I understand in the suttas, unless you renounce the household life and desire almost entirely, chances are you won't eliminate the necessary fetters to achieve nibbana in this life. For ...
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Why is Buddha needed?
In order to attain Nirvana one must be able to understand that his or her self is an illusion , error or is like a dream. This understanding doesn't come naturally. Naturally one finds that there is ...
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How can we use the triple round model to understand dependent origination?
In the Visuddhimagga (but not in the suttas) and possibly other commentaries, we can find the triple round model, which can be used to explain dependent origination (paticcasamuppada).
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Buddhist view on past lives influencing the present
I seem to be making rather unusual choices in my life for unknown reasons. Like on a mere hunch or for some reason I gain interest in a strange topic. And later it turns out that these choices were ...
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Why did Yamaka have wrong view in SN 22.85?
In Yamaka Sutta, this was wrong view:
As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more (mental) effluents, on the break-up of the body, is
annihilated, perishes &...
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How does Dependent Origination relate to Vipassana Meditation?
How does Dependent Origination relate to Vipassana meditation as taught by different schools / interpretations of Buddhism?
More particularly how do you break the links of dependent origination as ...
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DN 15: Whose or which consciousness enters the mother's womb?
In the pre-Buddhism Brahmanism philosophy, namarupa meant 'name-form' or 'naming-forms', as follows:
Nāmarūpa-vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit: नामरुपव्याकरण ), in Hindu philosophy,
refers to the process of ...
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How does someone decide from what direction to approach the twelve-Nidānas?
From what I can gather (from wikipedia) there are four methods:
The Twelve Nidānas are explained in detail in the Visuddhimagga of Buddhaghosa, the central text of the Mahāvihāra commentarial ...
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Going to extremes?
In this answer, I wrote a little addendum that picks on a little tick that I find common amongst all kinds of Buddhists. That moderation is a virtue in and of itself without regard to what the object ...
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Logic vs Karmic principles
Imagine this hypothetical situation (which is meant to simplify the scenario in this question):
There haven't been any past lives -- this is your first life, and therefore there is no past karma, but ...
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How is dharma formed?
I believe that the word 'dharma' (among other things) refers to the constituent elements of a body and mind, and that the Buddhist should find those dharmas void of a person, and perhaps any ...
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