Questions tagged [children]
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Stories and teachings that glorify adult children and speak against toxic parenting
I have seen that in Buddhist as well as Hindu traditions, parents are considered as benevolent beings who should be venerated and put in a pedestal. Stories, verses, and myths about praises for ...
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temple policy for babies/young kids
are there any policies for bringing very young kids (14 month) to a temple/pagoda (stroller, clothes etc)? We
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Illegitimate children
this is the situation:
a children is born from fornication years ago when the couple were young, years passed the guy married. the women gave the child for adoption. Now the women brings up the child (...
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How bad is the karma of feeding meat to your children?
I have a girlfriend who has a daughter from another man. If I raise this kid not vegetarian, will that be bad karma? Her mother is an omnivore and the kid is being raised in an omnivore household. It ...
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gratitude towards & repaying the debt to one's parents
Consider these two texts:
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.4.100-112.than.html
the part that contains:
Mother & father,
compassionate to their family,
are called
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Introductory/Beginner books on Buddhism, but for children
There are a few posts on the site asking for good introduction/beginner books on Buddhism, but I can't seem to find any that a child could read and understand.
Although age range doesn't really ...
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Question about going forth (while having children & wife)
Do the scriptures somewhere mention that it's appropriate to go forth when having a wife & children?
According to the scriptures Gotama, the Buddha-to-be, left his palace & his parents to ...
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What Buddhist babies' names or meaning should be?
My relatives ask me to suggest good names that must be Buddhist.
I tried on internet but there are from other culture I want Indian names so what names or meaning should be?
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What should a 11-17 years old Buddhist do?
Can a 11-17 years old meditate and become arahant?
Is Buddhism only for adults?
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Can not wanting to have a child be justified under the framework of Buddhism? [duplicate]
People who have children have them for the sake of their own happiness, and ultimately the child suffers.
Can we justify not having children at all even for householders stating that all life is ...
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Benefits of Producing and Caring for Children
Genetically speaking producing your own children perpetuates your own genes.
Buddha spoke at length about the 31 Planes of Existence.
What is Buddhism's (not just Theravada) position on having ...
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Should a Buddhist have Children?
In Buddhism having a rebirth is itself a origin of all the Dukhhas. Doesn't it imply that Buddhist laymen who are married should not have children to stop this cycle of rebirth. This leads to a more ...
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