Questions tagged [three-poisons]
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Wholesome Actions, Three Poisons, and Dukkha
I was thinking about whether the goal of a wholesome action is to reduce suffering (dukkha) or to "shrink" the roots of suffering, namely craving, desire or aversion (the three poisons). In ...
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What (spiritual/religious) terms did the Buddha redefine?
It seems a significant and overlooked contribution of the Buddha, his redefining of various terms of his day into definitions more conducive to the ending of greed, ill-will and delusion/ignorance.
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What are the correct "transformation targets" for greed (lobha), hate (dosa) and delusion (moha)?
By "transformation target" I mean ...
When you hold this compulsion in spacious non judgmental awareness, investigate it and tease it apart into (1) that which is unskillful and (2) that ...
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Did the Buddha say that practitioners inclined towards hate rather than greed are closer to nibbana?
I have heard more than one Dharma teacher say the Buddha claimed that practitioners who are more strongly inclined towards hate than greed are closer to nibbana.
Is there any evidence from the suttas ...
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In the Tibetan book of the dead, Chapter 2, what is the significance of NOT renouncing the 3 poisons
I am reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead Chapter 2 page 26, "A prayer for union with the spiritual teacher [entitled], Natural Liberation, without renunciation of the three poisons".
Now in ...
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Handling Poisons?
Please help with these questions! :)
What is the most skillful way to handle someone who is angry?
What is the most skillful way to handle someone who is deluded?
What is the most skillful way to ...
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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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Mild and severe forms of the three poisons
The three poisons are greed or sensual attachment (lobha or raga), aversion or ill-will (dosa or dvesha) and delusion or confusion (moha). These are said to the unwholesome roots, or the roots to all ...
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How does one know the difference between aversion and danger?
How does a Buddhist know when to tolerate a situation, and when to exit a situation? For example, a lay Buddhist in an abusive relationship: is it correct to accept the abuse, or avoid it?
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Attachment and the three poisons
Is there any dependence between these? My understanding is that ignorance is the main cause for samsara (the first of the 12 links of dependent origination). Ignorance meaning not recognizing our true ...
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Is anxiety connected to the three unwholesome roots?
I have read that anxiety/worry is unwholesome. Is this because it is a form of aversion, one of the three unwholesome roots, or something else?
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Who is ignorant and when does one realize that one is ignorant?
Who is considered to be ignorant according to Buddhism? What does the term ignorance cover ? When does one realize, one is ignorant ?
Can one know nothing of ignorance and still become enlightened?
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How to get rid of hate?
I have a friend that I met few years back. He always look polite, look decent, and look helping others a lot. I did him a lot of helps that no friend would do to him. Later, when I needed helps he ...
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The bliss of nirvana without sensation
Some sensations are neither good nor bad, when I think there is an absence both of pleasure and pain.
But what about nirvana itself? Obviously there is no vedana to it.
Is its "bliss" something ...
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