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How does rebirth fit with the fact that everything is impermanent?
One of the lessons Buddhism teaches is that everything is impermanent. Our thoughts, our feelings, our emotions, our bodies, our life. Everything. We are surrounded by death. We are mortals. There is ...
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Where is ignorance, and why does it not end with death?
Where is ignorance, and why does it not end with death? Can we experience it? Does it have to be actively conditioning formations for us to experience it, or can we know this nidana even when freed ...
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Do Buddhists talk about insides?
Buddhists talk about abstract and concrete things, particulars, parts and wholes, etc., and Theravada Buddhism is often I think thought of in terms of an analysis of parts, breaking things down into ...
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If there is no literal rebirth, why have samvega (a sense of urgency)
Some people believe in rebirth after this life because (for them) it seems that the suttas claim literal rebirth.
And it somewhat makes sense because in some passages it'd be harder to believe in "...
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Have any Buddhists claimed that the Buddha “responds” to the death of every sentient being?
Have any Buddhists claimed that the Buddha "responds" to the death of every sentient being? I mean 'respond' as it appears in the Chinese concept of 'stimulus-response'
I'm just trying to square my ...
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How are “all types of beings originally formless”?
How are "all types of beings originally formless"?
p100 The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen: With Hui-neng's
Commentary on the Diamond Sutra
I'm asking because this page [quoting His Highness ...
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How can people meet again after rebirth?
Prince Siddhartha & Princess Yashodhara met in a lot of lives as partners. How are people intended to meet their present life relations in the next life? Is the desire needed to be wished upon?
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I'm fascinated by 'death': what would Dogen say?
I'm fascinated by 'death': what would Dogen say? What about Rinzai zen?
I don't have any questions about it, but I'm sure there's answers I haven't contemplated at all.
Quotes would be necessary.
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Happiness, rebirth, and the death of an arahant
I am new to Buddhism and have a question I am hoping someone can answer.
My understanding is that realizing enlightenment is universally desirable. In other words, it is considered “better” to ...
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Someone has an illness which is inevitably going to kill them. Why?
Imagine following situation: A person who thinks of themself as a good person, meaning they are mostly nice to people and act and think almost always morally. Said person is diagnosed with an illness ...
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Buddhadasa and the continuity of suffering beyond physical death, without rebirth
I read "Anatta and Rebirth" by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (let's call this explanation B) and I also read similar explanations by Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu from this answer, this comment and this answer (let's call ...
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Various types of death
In this answer, Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu wrote about various types of death (quoted below).
Where can I find references to and more info on the various types of death that is mentioned - khaṇika-maraṇa, ...
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What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism? Is it nirvana?
What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism? Why should a person practice Buddhism, what will it provide to him? Various religions have various goals. For example, the ultimate goal in Christianity is ...
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Tirokudda Kanda: Do the dead really benefit from the gift given by the living?
Tirokudda Kanda briefly out line the benefits the dead receive from the gifts given by the living.. and there are many more injection in the Pali Cannon with similar tone. My question is are we to ...
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Getting out of a rut when your sick and dying
What are the teachings and books that are good for inspiring the sick and soon to be dying? If your brain is getting eaten away, what are the best practices for that? Anyone know of any Doctors who ...
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If Buddhists believe that life is just suffering why don't they just kill themselves?
Can anyone give me a clear answer? What does the Buddha say?
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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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What do you do to prepare for death?
There are probably a lot of ways to prepare for death. I myself can't come up with more than:
Reflecting on ones own death on a daily basis;
Don't buy stuff that's useless so that it's easier for ...
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Do arhats exist after death?
I was just looking at the connected discousres (Bhikkhu Bodhi) and it said
Sorry for the rushed question, but I wondered if arhats can be said to exist or not after death? Does the Buddha say the ...
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Have Buddhas escaped samsara?
Have Buddhas escaped samsara? Obviously there is the mainly Chinese term "non-abiding in nirvana". I'm interested in an answer from any tradition at all, and for enlightened non-Buddhas, too.
To be ...
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Meditate about friend's death
Someone I know is dying. If its death doesn't affect me much
(Sadness, remorse...), I feel meditating about its condition as my own could be very beneficial.
But if its not taking advantage of him, ...
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Is meat eating a possibility?
I have been vegan (no animal products) for over 5 years but recently have encountered many health issues (unable to digest many plant protein, leaving no viable protein to eat), including some meat in ...
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Vajrayana VS theravada - after death theories - do they contradict each other?
As far as i understand the having opposing views about what happens between after you die until you are reborn again right ? or do they "sit together" some how ?
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Buddhism practices on decease
I have a couple of questions due to a recent unfortunate event that had happened, happy if you guys could share your view base on your practices.
1) How does a Buddhist cope with grief and loss? Is ...
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Are the clinging aggregates the cause of clinging after death?
There are five clinging aggregates.
Here it states that one's self clings to the five aggregates. To quote:
"It's just as when a dog is tied by a leash to a post or stake: If it
walks, it walks ...
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How does the craving or clinging to existence survive after death?
As per my understanding when a person dies his aggregates dissolve(his self dissolves) and if the dead person has any cravings,clinging left for the existence then he is reborn(aggregates reassemble).
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Dogen writings on reality and death
What is meant by body mind and the world is born simultaneously ...Buddha nature will never break apart. Do we die or is life eternal.
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Must Lay Arahants become Buddhist Monks?
A lay person who becomes an Arahant must become a monk or they will die?
Can anyone explain what this teaching means?
Do they have to become a Buddhist Monk?
Can they just leave the world and ...
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Life With Death
How can we earn money while we don't want to live for anything?
P.S.: I'm very wise and smart guy. I have high degrees in academical stuff. And I can say that I had satisfaction most of the emotions ...
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What does the Pali canon say about “death”?
I'm just clinging to this notion that the small death (of prthagjanas) is never reversible, and never incomplete.
Leaving aside the notion of "karma" and "rebirth" and "continuity", what does the ...
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Can / how do we know what death is?
This question may read a little philosophical, Buddhist, and personal.
I've been a little obsessed with death for a very long time, and feel like I have zen answer. Less interested in "the path" (I ...
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Buddha teaching regarding eating
Some one please tell me the story of Buddha said to some one how one should eat as if they are eating their own child having lost in a desert
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What is happening to Lord Buddha after “parinirvana”?
We all know that after Lord Buddha's parinirvana, he will never be born again. So my question is, if Lord Buddha does not have a rebirth after parinirvana, what is actually happening to him (after ...
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Did Lord Buddha gain enlightenment by inquiring into death?
I remember one just one of my treasured books 1955 copy of " the teachings of a compassionate Buddha" where I read that the Lord had a morbid fascination with death ..suffering etc and inquiring of ...
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How to do a long meditation of “death contemplation”?
because just thinking about it for a short time didnt have any effect on me - how should i do a long death contemplation meditation ? like half hour or an hour ?
should i repeat a mantra over and ...
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How to actually do death contemplation? [duplicate]
How to do death contemplation ? it seems i really dont care about dying that much
how long can i do it ? is there a formal technique to do it ? cause just thinking about it dosnt seem to have ...
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Doing “death contemplation” on others
I dont get much effect from death contemplation on myself - i wondered lately maybe contemplating the death of those close to me might work to install a sense of urgency
do you think its effective ?...
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Escaping “certain death” in the Mahayana tradition: does it occur in India?
I was struck, when reading on the history of Buddhism in China, by the stories of brave monks escaping certain death, often many times in one life.
I was curious is this was something Indian ...
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Death according to various schools of buddism
How is death perceived in various schools of Buddhism? Are they all same ? What is death according to Buddhist monk and lay Buddhist? Are there references / materials by monks on death bed about death?...
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Why do Buddhists cremate instead of burying?
A Buddhist, when dead, is most of the time cremated and not buried. Does this have to do with anything in the teachings of the Buddha? As far as I know, burying a body is more Eco-friendly than ...
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Is contemplation of death auto-suggestion?
Is doing contemplation of death auto-suggestion to meditate ? is it working on my subconsciousness ? maybe i should just do auto suggestion telling my self many times to meditate - maybe its more ...
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How do I do “contemplation of death” meditation? And is it dangerous?
How do I do "contemplation of death" meditation? And is it dangerous?
Because I read it might cause someone to commit suicide, so how do I make sure I won't reach that situation? And how exactly ...
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What are the issues related to medical treatment that prolongs life of questionable quality?
While reading an answer to How to overcome the suffering of attachement to the body's continued existence (in Western modernity)?, I began to wonder about a related matter.
In the answer:
In ...
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Did Japanese Buddhists once use sky burial?
In the Chinese Wikipedia article on sky burial, there's a section saying that sky burial is illegal in Japan:
棄屍嫌疑
在某些地方，天葬的行為，可能觸犯遺棄屍體的罪行。
日本
刑法第190條（死体損壊罪）
Google translation:
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How to overcome the suffering of attachement to the body's continued existence (in Western modernity)?
An important part of the Path is overcoming the suffering of attachement to the body's continued existence. I don't know if that's desire for living or aversion to death - maybe a combination. ...
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Did the Buddha ever cure someone?
Perhaps you could say that by teaching his path he healed many people; but what I meant is more direct, physical healing: is there something written about that?
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live as if it was your last day?
So there is a lot of teaching out there focuses on meditating on death. A lot of it talks about living life as if it was your last day, week, month... in that this way, you don't take life for granted ...
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Stages of the Bardo
From the moment of death, to the moment of rebirth (or alternative outcomes)
How would you map the flowchart of the bardo?
or instead of a flowchart a tree map?
A list of stages would also be ...
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What's the Buddhist perspective on permanently eradicating bedbugs? (Extinction)
On one hand, killing...
On the other hand, if there are no bedbugs (extinct status) no one can be reborn as a bedbug. The species causes more suffering then good.
Perhaps it would be worth it to ...
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Metta for dead father
During a meditation I have practiced Metta, as I have learned it, I sent Metta to;
myself
a good friend
a "neutral" person
a difficult person
all four of the above equally
and then gradually the ...
