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Have any Buddhist thinkers responded to the critique of the Brahma Sutras?
By far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy, which almost all Hindus nowadays belong to, is the Vedanta school, which is based on an ancient Hindu work called the Brahma Sutras or Vedanta ...
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What is the difference between Yogacara Buddhism and Idealism?
I've often heard the Yogacara school of Buddhism being described as 'Mind Only'. To my untutored mind this seems reminiscent of the western philosophy of Idealism.
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How should we understand the phrase "saccato thetato"?
Inspired from another question, I went looking for translations from the pali on suttacentral where pali experts have used the english word 'real.'
SN 22.85 as translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
“But, ...
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Buddhism and miracles
Do all Buddhists believe that miracles happen in the real world? Are the miracles described in scripture such as the Buddha being able to walk after birth literal or symbolic?
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Do Buddhists see reality as consensual or individual?
Do Buddhists see reality as consensual or individual? Are all persons' realities joined in a seamless whole, or is each person a window onto nothingness that can never be seen by anyone else? I am not ...
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What’s the difference between yathābhūta and yathābhūtaṃ?
I’ve been reading about this term and have found it written in both ways. I don’t know if the difference is related to some kind of verb form.
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Does reality exist?
Does reality exist? Carlo Rovelli (a famous theoretical physicist) doesn't think so and he cites Nagarjuna as believing the same:
Rovelli has a different idea. He says reality doesn’t exist. The
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If each person's mind creates "reality" then why do we need to eat?
My teacher has been talking about how each person's reality (including the body) is in fact an illusion generated by the mind in each moment. As an extension of this, she teaches that there are no "...
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A Buddhist Point of View of Virtual Reality
Buddhism teaches that what is real is experience; seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling, thinking.
From this perspective, is virtual reality, (video games, Oculus Rift, and such) objectively ...
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Does Buddhism allow for true randomness?
Is the law of dependent origination completely deterministic? If everything is dependent, there should be no true randomness. The current mainstream view of the physicists is that true randomness does ...
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What buddhism says about physical reality?
I had a discussion with one of my friend, who said, there's no such thing as physical reality, as per Lord Buddha. He quoted "The universe only exists inside this small body".
As per my ...
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Virtual things that emerge from interaction and exist as interaction
According to this comment:
"Form is like a lump of foam ... And consciousness like an illusion" (SN 22.95)
means something more subtle and interesting, much more deep than just
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Was the Buddha against violence in all situations?
Is a strictly pacifist Buddhism exactly correct or are there certain situations were violence or war might be appropriate according to the Buddha's teaching?
What did the Buddha say about the ...
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What would Buddhists say about 'pantheism'
I take 'pantheism' to be the belief that all our talk about God can resolve into "the world", while retaining the divine status of "God", perhaps because our words about God retain their structure.
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