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Talking to dead loved ones
💚Could talking with dead loved ones be in line with the proper practice of the Buddha? If proper practice permits talking to dead loved ones, then what is the proper way to talk to dead loved ones ...
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Does a risk of death exist in the awakening process?
I have a vague recollection of a Dhamma teacher saying that, in the process of awakening, the practitioner eventually reaches a stage of development where they either awaken fully or they die.
I'm not ...
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Carpe Diem or Memento Mori?
Carpe Diem or Memento Mori?
Which of these two approaches did the Buddha recommend for your benefit?
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Books on monastic traditions and techniques
Almost twenty years ago I did a meditation on death that catapulted me into a Near Death Experience the likes of which I could not even have imagined possible. This 'mini enlightenment' allowed me to ...
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When does right or wrong view at death over ride the karma one has accumulated in life?
When does right or wrong view at death over ride the karma one has accumulated in life?
I was just reading (googling) how right and wrong view when we be die can determine our next birth, rather than ...
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What is the sutta where the Buddha says that one breath or one bite of food is the proper timeframe with which to contemplate life/death?
I have heard this sutta referenced in dhamma talks by Ajahn Thanissaro, although I don't have a specific talk to point to. I know I have also read the sutta, but I can't remember when. In the sutta, ...
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Should a Buddhist be afraid of death?
A friend of mine is a committed Buddhist, a teacher in a group that meets to discuss Buddhist teaching. He's explained many things about Buddhism to me. Recently, his father died after a long ...
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Is the whole of reality what is being denied by some Buddhists?
Is the whole of reality what is being denied by some Buddhists?
So, for as long as the sensation of pleasure or an atom or visual consciousness or apple is thought to belong to everything that exists,...
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Why aren't there omnicidal Buddhists?
So, I'm not a Buddhist, but my understanding is that in Buddhist thought, existence is the root of suffering, and Buddhists seek to end suffering by attaining a state of spiritual enlightenment that, ...
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Place of death and rebirth
I'm reading about bardos in the Tibetan Book of the dead. I'm wondering how is rebirth dependent on geographical location. For example, if dead occurs in Europe is it possible to get a rebirth in Asia?...
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Was Sariputta alive during the time of Buddha's death?
I have found two Suttas and I am a bit confused about Sariputta's death.
In DN 16, there is a part about Sariputta being alive at the time of Buddha's death. (look at 4. Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar in DN ...
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Unwholesome thoughts at the time of death
Say one reflects on the beauty of one's children, the beauty of one's husband or wife, the beauty of one's house or garden, or the beauty of a flower, and other such things: that is rooted in greed ...
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Should one who follows the Dhamma give drugs to the dying to ease thier suffering?
My Christian wife is dying and the doctor has prescribed morphine and tranquilizers. She is losing her mind and the drugs may be contributing to that. I don't want her to suffer but I also don't want ...
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Is there any advice in the Buddhist scriptures that would help a leader balance a safe economy with people's concerns about sickness & death?
Is there advice in the various Buddhist scriptures that a leader
could use in this Coronavirus situation?
Is there advice in the Buddhist scriptures that a lay-person could
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Taking care of the dying
What advice did the Buddha give to laypeople or monastics about taking care of a dying loved one or anyone dying in their deathbed?
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What is before spring?
Genjokoan says
Birth is an expression complete this moment. Death is an expression
complete this moment. They are like winter and spring. You do not call
winter the beginning of spring, nor summer ...
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Whats happens after death?
When a human being dies, their body dissolves into other bodies, i.e., other humans, plants, air, water, rocks, sand, etc. But what really happens to our
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Buddhists view on NDE experiences
I have recently given some interest to NDE stories.
After reading a hundred of them, it seems pretty credible that people are telling at least some level of truth in their experience. One thing that ...
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How to stop thinking about metaphysical questions?
I have been practicing seriously for a month now. I'm mindful a lot of the time but not 100% yet and whenever I'm not I start thinking about metaphysical questions or what could be after death or if ...
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I love life and I don't want to die. How to let go?
The last few days I've been struggling with the fear of death. I really love life and I fear the unknown. I know it's inevitable but for some reason I can't accept it. I find it beautiful how in ...
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Can I plan for future while doing meditation on death?
Buddha said about meditation on death : "Even if a person aware about his death can be happen within that day is late. If someone thinks, his death can be happen within current breath is not late". ...
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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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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.
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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
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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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