Questions tagged [the-buddha]
For questions about the Buddha (Siddartha Gautama) as a person - his life, sayings, actions, etc.
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Can anyone explain non-self or Anatta of Buddhism in simple terms with example? [duplicate]
Recently I got to know about 'Non-Self' or Anatta term but online material was not comprehendible. Below are my questions:
1) Can anyone explain it in simple terms with example?
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Why worship Buddha?
How do Buddhists worship Buddha. What is the purpose of Buddhists in worshiping and making Buddha images?
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Pronounce the word "Buddh" - phonetics
What is the phonetic of the word "Buddh" spoken in time 21:47 to 21:48 minutes of this video. I am a novice in phonetics.
The phonetic of the word Buddha is wriiten as
[bud̪ːʱə] in this wikipedia ...
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Did the Buddha tell how to visit another part of universe via meditation?
Based on this answer I came to know that the Buddha has spoken about life on other planets; so did he ever explain any method, how to visit those places while doing meditation?
Weirdly I have read ...
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Lord Buddha descending from heavens?
This question is about these images:
This incident (depicted) happened after Lord Buddha visited a certain Deva realm.
Can someone provide any sutta or sutra reference?
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Was the Buddha Humanist?
Humanism is defined as,
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking ...
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How was it possible for some people to refute the Buddha face to face?
Bearing in mind that ignorance is in opposition to knowledge and the starting point for all the suffering, it seems still unbelievable that there were people contemporary to the Buddha that ...
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What is the difference between Dhithi (view) and Panna (wisdom)?
What is the difference between Dhithi (view) and Panna (wisdom)?
According to Buddhism the teaching of other religions considered views.
However, people who follow those religions think that they have ...
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Why is fasting allowed in Buddhism?
One of the answers to this question 'Is there a tradition or practice involving fasting in Buddhism or Buddhist countries?' says that fasting is followed by Tibetan Buddhists.
Why is fasting allowed ...
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When did Shakyamuni became buddha?
We know Shakyamuni was a prince and had all the lavish life a prince should have. He was isolated from every pain and suffering as we are told. As he traveled countryside he began to feel pain and ...
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Is the title of tathagata ever literal?
I think it translates as e.g. "one who has thus gone".
My question is whether any historical being has ever really and in entirety "thus gone".
Perhaps in spirit, or in expression, but if e.g. ...
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Did Buddha acknowledge "reductio ad absurdum" argumentation & other apriori forms of reasoning in Buddhist logico-episteomology (looking for sources)?
It is well known that many Buddhist philosophers and scholars of various traditions, such as Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti rely on and acknowledge reductio ad absurdum as a method of positing arguments ...
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Is it ok to eat after midnight after observing the 8 precepts?
if I observe the 8 precepts today,fast in the afternoon and eat at 12am the next day, is it considered a sin?
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Do any Buddhists say that everyone's Buddha nature repeats an infinite number of times?
Do any Buddhists say that everyone's Buddha nature repeats an infinite number of times? To be specific, I mean that everyone's -- including Sakyamuni's -- life, or perhaps just karma, is repeated over ...
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Sources for the Whole Tipitaka
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Can someone name the books in the shelf of Yuttadhammo in his videos
or all the books in the Tipitaka and sources to get them in English?
or at least what has been translated to english?
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Buddhist views on transgender issues [duplicate]
The Buddha or the scriptures do not state specifically if an individual being a transgender is right or wrong. So how would a Buddhist interpret this in a modern light and why?
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Buddha's past lives in the Pali Suttas outside of Jataka
According to this answer for the question "Does Theravada Buddhism accept Jataka Stories?":
The Theravada accepts the Jataka stories as commentarial literature;
they are not canonical, but are ...
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What is real meanning of Prathipathi poojawa?
I know best poojawa is prathipathi poojawa. Does it mean follow the Lord Buddha's instructions? However what is a depth meaning of it? And how can I achieve it?
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Who do we call Buddha?
Gautama Buddha was not the only Buddha. There were many Buddhas in the past and there will be many in the future.
My question is: what characteristic of a person defines Buddha?
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why is all of Buddhas past lifes referes to times of kings
The title says it all.
Why does all the recollections of past lifes of Buddha revolves around times of kings which were similar to the time the Buddha was living.
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Did Buddha forbid paying respect to deities of contemporary traditions?
Buddhism shares many deities with Brahmanism(Hinduism) and Jainism for example, Indra, Yama, etc. (Though the story associated with them might differ between the traditions, the central persona is the ...
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Reference request: Skulls higher than the Himalayan mountains
I’m looking for a sutta wherein the Buddha talks about the aimless wandering in Samsara and gives several analogies, one of them being about taking all the skulls one has left behind and piled them on ...
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Is Buddhism a kind of truth seeking mental device?
It has been my experience that Buddhism has set me from blind obedience when it comes to religious rules. I was free to think what was good spiritually and no one can tell me otherwise.
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Kamma and the Physical [duplicate]
Does kamma bind or work with the physical realm? Such as a tsunami will kill you, but you will also die in such a way due to past kamma?
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Do transformation bodies appear before a buddha reaches enlightenment?
Do transformation bodies appear before a buddha reaches enlightenment?
So that the many bodies of Shakyamuni that the fan Wang ching (Sutra of Brahmas net) claims Vairocana manifests may have ...
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Did the Buddha really have snails on his head? [duplicate]
For a long time I was told that when the Buddha touched the ground and became enlightened that his hair went up and formed a ball on his head and that that is what we see on the statues. But recently ...
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Why is Buddhahood attained only by males? [duplicate]
Is there a particular reason(s) for a Buddha to be only of male gender?
I'm interested in any explanation in scriptures as well as your interpretations and opinions.
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Do beings without conscious experiences have buddha nature
A philosophical zombie is defined as follows,
Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures used to illuminate problems about consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Unlike those in ...
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Why did Buddha passed away in fourth Jhana?
I just wonder why Buddha attain Parinibbana in fourth Jhana.
Why not first or say second Jhana?
Maha-parinibbana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Total Unbinding
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Causes of Reincarnation
If Buddha didn't believe in soul why did he believe in Re-incarnation, after life etc which could be because of soul ? What causes one to be born again, is that the desire, if it's the desire, Buddh's ...
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Why wasn't the Buddha a solipsist?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking because I consider myself a great person etc., Chakravartin, but why didn't the Buddha take solipsism seriously, perhaps before his complete enlightenment? If he's ...
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Assuming empathy is a worldly thing (which i believe it is), why does/would a buddha try to help others find the way?
I've always believed that empathy/feeling for others is a biological feature of evolution in social animals. So, why does/would an enlightened being go to lengths to help others reach enlightenment?
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How Lord Buddha did sermon for the people who was long distance
If my memory is correct, Lord Buddha did a sermon for the long-distance people. It is mentioned that Lord Budha can do a sermon even for someone in another solar system. How is it possible? Because to ...
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Tathagata vs disciple: taking the Buddha as Father, Dhamma as Mother
Disciples of the noble ones are supposed to take the Buddha as the role of the Father, and Dhamma as Mother.
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Didn't Buddha Say The Biggest Fault Of Humanity Was Idol Worship
Why did Buddhist start making idols of Buddha a few hundred years after Buddha died, even though Buddha himself said Idol worship was one of the biggest scourges of humanity
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Supposed Buddhist Scripture Predicting that only through Jesus can Nirvana be reached
http://bibleprobe.com/buddhatoldofjesus.htm
Hi, I have been examining the similarities between what Jesus and Buddha taught and I came across this site of the above link in which the author claims ...
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Is the arising of Buddhas a cosmological evolutionary occurrence?
...if not, then who or what is governing these occurrences?
In the Diamond Sutta (see excerpt below) Buddha mentions the previous Buddha as being called Dīpankara Buddha possibly existing around ten ...
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Did Buddha comment on Hindu incarnations like Krishna Rama etc?
Just wondering, did the Shakyamuni Buddha say anything about Rama or Krishna especially, because he and only he was deemed to be fully awakened by Hindus. He was awakened (may not be fully) is kinda ...
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Why didn't the Buddha speak about God and the soul?
The Four Noble Truths and Eight Noble Paths are the main principles of the Buddha and every person can be a Buddha if he/she follows these principles.
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From Kapilavastu to Lumbini, how many minutes or hours to reach the end (Lumbini) in a chariot?
I was wondering how could Mahamaya (The Buddha's mother) travel from Kapilavastu to Lumbini, this quickly. It is no wonder that a pregnant Queen could travel in a chariot this far. If it occured, she ...
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King Siddharta, his wife Jasodhara, and other buddhas
What happened to king Siddhartha after he left the palace after renouncing the duty of King?How many days queen Jasodhara remained in the palace with his son?A king is not so weak minded so that he he ...
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Clarification on a different notion of Prince Rahula's parentage said to be in Mahayana buddhism
If we refer to Buddhist literature there are several versions of the same story. It differs between the branches Theravada and Mahayana and even within one branch the interpretation varies.
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Did the Buddha believe in rebirth and reincarnation? [duplicate]
The Buddha didn't believe in a Supreme Being, or a universal soul. The Buddha didn't even believe in a soul. Then how could he preach rebirth and reincarnation when he didn't even believe in a soul? ...
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Is no soul doctrine (there is no eternal soul) supported in Buddhist suttas?
"The purification of one's own mind/will (citta); this is the Doctrine
of the Buddha" [DN 2.49]
"How is it that one is called a 'Buddha'?...gnosis that the mind/will
(citta) is purified (visuddham)......
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Who remembers the Buddha?
Buddha is eternal. His knowledge is eternal. His experience is eternal. His fruits of actions are eternal. And we know that past Knowledge , past experience ,past actions are remembered by Self.
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