Questions tagged [mind-states]
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What is Savitakkasavicārasutta about?
What are your thoughts about this following passage:
“And what is the path that leads to the unconditioned? Immersion with
placing the mind and keeping it connected. Immersion without placing
the ...
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Flickering light during meditation
I was wondering if seeing flickering lights during meditation meant anything.
My eyes had been closed for about 15 minutes. I would not say I was in a deep meditative state. The room was dark already ...
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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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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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what is this state i am undergoing?
I have been practicing meditation now for more than a year. I found that in recent months I go to a state where I am not bored, not happy, not dull, not tired but it is some state I find myself ...
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Why living beings like / dislike things in the world?
All living beings (animals + humans) like something, and they don't like some another things? What is the reason for liking and disliking.
Eg: Imagine there are two best friends let's call friend A ...
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Propelling the continuity of mindfulness
I want to know how to prolong the knowing factor in my life .I face hindrances when thinking about solving a problem for example which is different than contemplating the receptions in mindfulness.How ...
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Is respect a form of ego?
If a warrior chooses to leave the battlefield, he will be humiliated by his country men therefore losing his respect. Buddhist monks have attained great peace even by letting go humiliation. Is this ...
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What to do when music gets played in the mind
I get the idea of recognizing mind states .Knowing their existence separates them from self but sometimes .I get this addictive Music like a recording in my mind that constantly restarts diverting my ...
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What is a Buddhist approach to reducing envy?
Envy is an explicitly unwholesome mind-state, according to Buddhist doctrine. Unfortunately I am experiencing strong envy lately. Can somebody please provide any and all resources to help understand ...
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Stop influence on mind
Sitting on a chair, working. Sometime
later finding yourself sitting in a position same as one beside you.
Is this an automatic influence on mind, you are not aware of the position in which the other ...
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How to get rid of thoughts of grandiosness?
By practising the eight fold path and meditation I have been able to get over lot of suffering as a result of my past created by my mind. I am able to get over self pity, hatered, anger by following ...
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Ideal Experience in Buddhism
Sometimes, I tell myself that a moment wherein I'm devoid of craving, ignorance and aversion is a moment inherently good. I tell myself that if I remove the addictive (and aversive) states within ...
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Is shame and remorse unskillful?
I read this in another answer on this site:
"and later I regretted" -- remorse is a klesha, an obscuring emotion.
my person thought it's worthy to lift the question if shame and remorse (before, ...
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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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Does hell exist in Buddhism?
I understand that hell is being used for keeping the order of our society. Does hell really exist in Buddhism? As it creates fears instead of freeing one's mind from suffering. It also creates a ...
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Watching crime in apps or website
By watching crime in mobile apps or in website , is one actually participating in the incident? If one thinks about it, is one perpetuating the incident again? Does it add to one's karma? How does one ...
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Can bhavanga-consciousness be compared to the non-dual mind-state rigpa?
While reading Pa Auk Sayadaw I came across the following:
The bhavanga-consciousness is bright and luminous, and looks like a mirror in the heart: that is the mind-door.
This seems to have ...
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Mindfulness and mental habits
When we practice mindfulness we notice our mental habit and mental pattern. What makes us angry, jealous, greedy, etc.. My question is, when you notice them, do you change it to positive mental ...
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What is the difference between a Vipassana Jhana and a Samatha Jhana?
Definitions of the term Jhana tend to emphasize the 'mind state' quality it refers to in various states of meditative absorption:
The jhanas are altered states of consciousness which are produced ...
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Pride and Shame in Buddhism
Lately I've been noticing how often people in my everyday life mention being proud of themselves or their loved ones for some good effort or action or being ashamed of themselves (or decrying others ...
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