Questions tagged [sankhara]
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What is the difference between papanca and sankhara, and in particular citta-sankhara?
While contemplating both terms I could not find a difference between mental elaboration and mental fabrication. Aren't they one and the same?
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Are all of the five aggregates saṅkhāras?
Are the five aggregates all saṅkhāras -- are they impermanent and dependently originated?
I guess that "perceptions" and "feelings" are perhaps dependent on sensual contact. Is there anything else ...
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When to delight and when not to delight?
Namo Buddhaya. During various discourses , monks after hearing Buddha delighted or did not delight. This is one discourse in which Monks did not delight at the end. In almost all other discourses , ...
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What is the meaning of the word Sankhara? [duplicate]
In the quote " Sabbe Sankhara Anicca", what is the meaning of word Sankhara?
Is the word "Sankhara" derived from Sanskrit word "Sanskara"?
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Is understanding a phenomenon?
Buddha says all phenomenon are nonself. If understanding is a phenomenon then my understanding of Dhamma will fade away and I will again fall into ignorance.
So my question is: is understanding a ...
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Removing sankharas
Can someone please explain to me in clear laymans terms exactly the steps to working with and removing sankharas because I think I have a lot. I have been meditating for 6 years and basically just ...
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Are 'elements' defined as non-suffering?
I'd like to question something from this answer without disputing it, i.e. there was a phrase it in which I found novel:
You do this by seeing that your suffering is impermanent and empty (...
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Feeling of Superiority and what to do about it?
Sometimes I can see myself feeling superior to others because of what I know and they don't . I know that it is my ego which raises it head and is active at the moment. I also see persons, who are ...
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How should the terms 'kaya, vaci & citta sankhara' be translated?
In MN 44 is found an explanation of the terms 'kaya, vaci & citta sankhara' (which are terms also found in Anapanasati steps 4, 7 & 8 and in the 2nd nidana of Dependent Origination).
Bhikkhu ...
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Two interpretations of the three levels of suffering, Dukkha Sutta and Tibetan
There's a wrinkle in the teachings about the three levels of suffering. The Pali Canon, in SN 38.14 -- Dukkha Sutta -- has it thus (leaving things uninterpreted for the moment):
the suffering of pain ...
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What is the process that creates “Saṅkhāra”
Is it right if i say the origin of Saṅkhāra is not by a natural process of the mind but it is a byproduct of Avidyā which dominates the non-arahant mind?
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Can anyone explain Sanskara / Sankara indepth?
Can someone provide a canonical explanation to Sanskara/Sankara?
I appreciate if you can provide some sources,Suttras/Suttas so that i can expand my knowledge.
