Questions tagged [name-and-form]
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What does 'name-and-form' mean?
In the book In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from Pali Canon by Bhikku Bodhi, I read:
When there is no name-and-form, consciousness does not come to be; with the cessation of name-...
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is formless better than formed?
I recall it being said by the Buddha that the formless - jhana perhaps - is better than the formed. in which sutta does this say this? I remember reading that, but I can no longer find the text
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Form in the formless realms
Dependant Origination declares that from Consciousness (Viññana) arises Nāma-Rūpa, not just Nāma. Therefore it is implied that even in formless realms the entities that exist there also have a form of ...
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Do visual objects have karma?
According to Nagarjuna, the second causal link (sankhara, motivations)
and the tenth causal link (bhava, gestation) are two karmas through
which sentient beings trigger seven sufferings identified ...
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Is Buddha nature everywhere the same?
Is Buddha nature everywhere the same?
I don't think so, that seems wrong. But original enlightenment is always everywhere bliss, right? So how can Buddha-nature, which I would translate into, rather ...
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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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Which specific process determines where consciousness will alight?
As the title indicates, I don't know how the mind "picks" which sensation to focus on. Considering the huge amount of sense-data being received by the mind each moment, which condition directs ...