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129 questions linked to/from How are 'conceit' and 'identity-view' not the same?
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Do Mahayana Buddhists explain birth and extinction in the same way?
Nirvana is the extinction of rebirth, and birth is its arising. Right?
Is the debate throughout Buddhism on the "difference" between samsara and nirvana one of how to explain, rather than describe or ...
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How to "abandon the fetters completely"?
I was thinking about this comment ...
Yes, my target is to abandon the three fetters completely. I can make sense of 'Doubt' and 'grasping at precepts+practices', getting rid of the identity view ...
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How personality view disappears?
Personality view disappears at once at the stage of stream entry or is it gradual ?
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Does Sotapanna have the fear of death?
Does Sotapanna have the fear of death?
Recently I spoke to a monk about Sotapanna. He said the best test to understand whether someone is Sotapanna is to see whether he has fear of death.
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Is the Noble Eightfold Path a path of celibacy?
Simple question: Is the Noble Eightfold Path a path of celibacy?
[Note that this isn't given for Sex, stacks, trade, exchange but for escape from this wheel]
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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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Which of the five hindrance does 'comparison' fall in?
Which of the five hindrances does 'comparison' come under? I mean when the mind starts chattering, "he is better than me, he succeeded where I failed, he got this and I got nothing, he got better ...
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Ego death and stream entry is it the same thing?
I was wondering if ego death and stream entry is the same?
During what i call 'ego death' or 'experience of pure consciousness', i emptied out and saw the internal galaxy images. Insights came ...
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Does Buddhism give methods to ask questions when you are proliferating?
From What is the Buddhist view in Socratic questioning?, I get that it is important to ask questions to get out of sufferings. However, when we are getting stuck it is very difficult to realize that ...
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Does enlightenment in all teachings amount to a progressively deeper realisation that I am already enlightened?
So e.g. kensho is usually thought of as beginning realisation in zazen, and is into our true nature as Buddhas.
Does enlightenment in all teachings amount to a progressively deeper realisation that I ...
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Can you reconcile (professional) ambition with buddhism?
I have been a practicioner of mindfulness and vipassana for a few years. I have felt that buddhism is at odds with striving towards professional success and ambition. Ambition and professional success ...
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Buddha's self-declaration without identity view and without conceit
In this question, the OP asked:
In the context of the four stages of enlightenment would it be right
to say that, without identity-view, there's no such thing as an
"enlightened person": ...
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Nature of Integrity in Buddhism
Following an answer I received previously, I wonder a question I deem somewhat important:
If a person preaches ideas or advice related to the dharma, but fails to live by those values, is this person ...
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What are the differences between joy (piti), bliss (sukha) and peace (santi) and how do the qualities relate to Nibbana?
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What's the connection or difference between joy (piti), and the "bliss" (sukha) and peace (santi) of Nibbana?
Is one required to seek joy to attain Nibbana? Why?...
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How to stop comparing oneself with others?
I'm wondering how Buddhism deals with the comparison of oneself with others, and I'm specifically thinking in terms of accomplishments. For example, I have usually had some success in art fields in my ...
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