Questions tagged [mind-and-matter]
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Ejaculation and the brain
I’m just curious if anyone has noticed what I am noticing. When I ejaculate, in that exact moment, there is a weird sensation in my head. This sensation is about half the duration of the orgasm, so ...
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Multiverse in Buddhism?
According to this answer:
31 Planes of existence coming together is one universe. There are
infinite similar universes according to the Abhidhamma. This may be
similar to multiverse but unlike in Sci ...
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Why not becoming disillusioned toward mind?
An argument why a question "mind vs. matter" will not be given free points on:
That’s why, when it comes to this mind, an uneducated ordinary person is unable to become disillusioned, dispassionate,...
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Can the "Senika heresy" be useful?
The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism
By Bernard Faure p60 (I've not read this book) links it to linji ("the true man without affairs")
Wiki says
In his later years ...
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Does Viññāṇa generate Nāmarūpa in the sense that would make "uploading concsciousness" impossible?
Does Viññāṇa generate Nāmarūpa in the sense that would make "uploading concsciousness" to a computer impossible?
I was reading this question on philosophy.stack
I'd suspect that it's impossible to ...
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How is a mindstream associated with human forms?
I think this question is distinct from those asking what is reincarnated. I understand the distinction between the mindstream and a soul, and the simile of passing on a flame. I also understand that ...
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Is "The body never lies" supported in the suttas?
I recently went to a dhamma talk that I am skeptical of for a few reasons. One of the things we were told in this talk is that the mind always lies and the body never lies, which (in a mundane sense) ...
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What is the substantial cause of an instance of consciousness?
Context: I'm considered a skeptic of rebirth in my tradition which is the Gelug branch of Tibetan Buddhism. I'm asking this question to help me understand what other traditions think. In my tradition ...
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Does it matter if the mind is neurologically originated or not?
For example, in this answer, we find Buddhists insisting that the mind is not a "byproduct" of the brain, i.e. the mind does not arise neurologically in the brain. By neurology, I mean that according ...
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How to lose identification with my body and physical appearance
Ever since I was a child I was very look concious. I took pride from my looks and took shame from them as well. I'm at a point where my sense of worth is mainly derived from such an unstable, ...
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Replacing the hindrances with it's opposite?
Similarly, wise consideration of the mental liberation of loving kindness (mettā-
cetovimutti) counteracts ill will; wise consideration of the elements of effort
(ārambhadhātu), exertion (...
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Did Buddha told anything about if we can travel to the end of the cosmos?
Did the Buddha tell us anything about reaching the end of the cosmos or time-travel through the means of experiencing all the Jhanas in meditation?
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Are multiverses real according to Buddhism
i have heard that buddism also says that multiverse exists. So, i want to ask something. Before few weeks, i saw two dreams in which I was totally aware of myself and at that time at those places, i ...
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If matter is just an illusion what is the source of it
If whatever we see and feel in the 3-D world is just an illusion created by our minds and every matter, even an atom, is related to each other (interrelated); what is the origin of it? Since ...
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Misinterpretation of a Pali phrase - Rupan Jirathi
Yesterday I saw in a funeral banner the following statement.
Rupam Jirati Machanam, Nama Gottam Najirathi
It means, "the body decays but the Name and the Tribe does not". But I have ...
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Six Senses and Four elements
The six senses are arises from NamaRupa in PaticcaSamuppada. NamaRupa paccaya Salayathana. So basically all 6 senses are a combination of Mentality(Nama) and Form (Rupa - which is a combination of the ...
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What is the practical effect for a Buddhist whose view is materialist?
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First, let me frame my question by establishing a shared understanding of what I mean by "view." Throughout all forms of Buddhism as far as I know, the Four Noble Truths are considered ...
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mind-body relationship
“finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical”
—has been puzzled over for centuries, and is unlikely to be resolved any time soon. The reason is that apparently every ...
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Can anything in Buddhist theory explain phenomena like Buck Fever?
A surprising number of people whom I know, who are generally kind and compassionate, are also avid hunters or at least enthusiastically support hunting by others. They feel hunting is a healthy ...
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If one's inner monologue stops forever, is one necessarily an arahant?
Question in the title. I'm looking for answers citing either canonical scripture or the position of any particular school of Buddhism.
The inner monologue in the question could also be read as mental ...
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Is "nāma" an equivalent of the Western concept of "mind"? Is it used alone?
This answer refers to "mind" as a synonym for "nāma". The only relevant use of that word I have found was "nāmarūpa", which refers to the five aggregates. But is "nāma" ever used alone to signify "...
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Is there a specific range of meditation styles that could help with extreme clumsiness and disconnected mind-body?
I have always been very clumsy, specifically,i am not aware, if that's a correct term,o f where my body is located or how its moving, leading to accidents, over-use of force, hitting things ...
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How is the Cognitive Process described according to Buddhism? How does it relate to modern Cognitive Psychology?
How is the mind matter process described and explained according to the Buddhist teachings? How does it related to Cognitive Psychology? How is the next moment created from the current? What is the ...
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Mind-Stream Continuum's Origination?
What is the origination of the mind-stream continuum? What are the basic elements that make up the mind-stream continuum?
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Dualism of mind and matter in Buddhism
From a source which I don't remember any more (some rather scientific book on Buddhist philosophy) I have made a note, that the psyche in Buddhism is seen or can be seen (by certain schools?) as ...
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