Questions tagged [wisdom]
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Necessity of Meditating on Compassion
I have been practicing different kinds of meditation for a long time, mostly open meditation (somewhat like Vipassana). I recall that when I practiced compassion meditation, I experienced one of the ...
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Does wisdom only exist, in zen, when it is perfect?
Does wisdom only exist, in zen, when it is perfect? Do zen monks and laity practice wisdom or is the focus so much on one practice samadhi that it's only there when you are?
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What is mirror wisdom?
What is the right way to understand (or apply) mirror wisdom? Is it buddha-nature, bodhisattva (ripe for awakening), or both? Is it cultivated, or does it spring up naturally with enlightenment? If ...
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How can we know if a dharma teaching is really what the Buddha taught? Is there some sort of test?
It seems that there are different "versions" of Buddhism today, and many of the teachings from these different versions appear to be at odds with one another.
I'd like a way to tell which ...
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How to apply Eight-fold path[Aaryashtangika marga] to each virtue action as a Vipassana Meditation? [duplicate]
How to apply eight fold path to the wholesome act as meditation of three marks of existence (Pali: tilakkhaṇa) of all existence and beings, namely impermanence (aniccā), non-self (anattā) and ...
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Pillar of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ)
What is Buddhism view on this?
Spiritual Intelligence (SQ)
SQ may be defined as: “The ability to behave with wisdom and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace, regardless of the situation....
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Concentration & Wisdom
Right concentration supports wisdom(panna) if right mindfulness arises? If right mindfulness isn't there then does right concentration support ignorance?
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Can concentration and wisdom be developed exclusively from each other?
Can you develop Samadhi (concentration) and Pañña (wisdom) exclusively from one another (according to the suttas)?
I am under the impression that a meditator cannot develop one without developing the ...
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Right Channel to esclate Buddhism rules and regulation matters
Where is the right channel to escalate or feedback the Buddhism matters via email writing ? I am thinking write to The World Fellowship of Buddhists (The WFB) via email.
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How to politely pursuade a lay person/Bhante to wear a mask?
To wear a mask in the covid pandemic is not a precept in Buddhism. I noticed many lay person and even many high level monks not wearing mask when talking to a stranger.
Q1) How do i politely persuade ...
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What are the signs indicating onset of wisdom because of meditation practice?
One of the benefits of the meditation practice that is widely talked about is becoming more wise. I am not sure if there is a universal definition of wisdom so I am trying to see what wisdom other ...
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What is 'discriminating wisdom' in the early Buddhist texts?
I have been discussing online whether there is a counterpart to the Greek idea of 'nous' (intellect) in the early Buddhist texts. The discussion was about discriminating between sensory experience and ...
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What is the meaning of “knowledge and vision” in the context of the heartwood sutta?
I am aware of a similar question here:
What is knowledge and vision?
However, I would like a deeper understanding of what precisely is meant by “knowledge and vision” in the heartwood sutta and why is ...
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What is prajna?
In the west, when we talk about wisdom we tend to mean knowing the value of things. As far as I tell, prajna is about emptiness, at least in its perfected aspect. So does it also allow us knowledge of ...
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How to experience Karma?
Today I realize that, if something good or bad happens to me, it is caused by Karma. It gave me a huge relief. Because before I would experience aversion when something bad happened to me. But now, I ...
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Is practice of Vedanta a prelude to practice of Buddhism?
Prince Siddharta was schooled in Vedanta, which was the predominant philosophy prevailing in India 2500 yrs ago. Majority of Buddhists today seem to have ignored the study of Vedanta and dived into ...
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Why we need Samadhi to attain enlightement?
Why we need Samadhi to attain enlightement ?
Do people with better samadhi can think more than the people with less within short amount of time ?
experiment of people with low IQ, and high IQ, put ...
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Where does the Buddha describe suffering as being like a person who is hit by two arrows?
The attached discourse was delivered a few days back from New York and presents a very comprehensive approach to face the corona pandemic from a spiritual standpoint. The wisdom of the Buddha is ...
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Depopulation of the World - Buddha's Explanation
In The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Sutta 3/56 titled Depopulation (on page 253; internet version here) and note 415 (on page 1645) provides the Buddha's explanation for the Depopulation of ...
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What is the common understanding of all enlightened people?
There are many sutras and they are on different topics. Many people got enlightened by asking different sutras. Ven. Saripuththa thero got sothapanna by asking to cause and effect. Ven. Kondanna thero ...
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How can I be happy at other's happiness?
How can I be happy at other's happiness ? How can I develop my willingness to see others' being happy ?
If I define a happiness level, scale of 0 to 100 about being happy at others' happiness, I ...
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Why we can not fulfill our desires?
What characteristics in universe have that doesn't let us to fulfill our desires ?
Why we get more and more desires through fulfilling desires ? (What characteristics of desires have that we have to ...
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What are the things that the enlightened people know but others don't?
Recently, I heard a list of things that the non-enlightened people don't know about reality. Ex: Some people might think "everything is permenant". but I forgot the complete list. So, what are they ?
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How to think deeply and penetrate into its core?
I want to quote my experience as - "True Understanding brings effortless transformation". In my experience I have found that whenever I understand something deeply (ohhh! Moment) it transforms that ...
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Is being conscious of actions' consequences enough to attain nibbana?
I apologize if this has an answer on this site or if this does not make any sense. I am wondering if being conscious alone is enough to attain nibbana? If not, why?
I think conscious person will (...
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Not doing anything
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Is not doing anything in a situation and just being mindful breaking
any of the precepts?
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What is laughing wisdom and swift wisdom?
From SN 55.24, I found the terms "laughing wisdom" and "swift wisdom". What do they mean?
They have laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, and are endowed with
freedom.
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Improving Sati-Sampajañña (situative wisdom)
Although one can cultivate sati (recollection/mindfulness) through meditation & good conduct (silā), & one can learn wisdom via book knowledge as well as via direct seeing (for example rising &...
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Any further question? What best to ask on one's last chance?
What would one, certain wise but not free, ask/request if there is just one chance left?
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Sati-Sampajañña and a quiet mind
Is it the case that a quiet mind can best execute Sati-Sampajañña because there are no interfering thoughts disturbing it?
If the answer is yes, should the main concern in day-to-day life be to ...
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No owner of the Dhamma?
Surely a convention-philosophy conflicting question:
One sad "There's no owner for this Dhamma." Can this be related to the Buddhas words as they are known from the Sublime Canon, or is it told ...
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Should/Would the Noble Sangha let go of the Dhamma?
Supposed that respect, veneration and any kind of wisdom has gone missing; and that the Sangha has become a group of householder wearing robes; and the leaders of the Sasana are all but householders. ...
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Regarding Nicca and Anicca natures of Avidya and Prajna
If Tanha (Craving) is caused by Avidya (Ignorance), and Avidya is originated and sustained by Tanha, then the origination of Avidya is part of a recursive cycle with no beginning. Yet Prajna (Wisdom) (...
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At what stage is it wrong to consider oneself wise?
Is it always wrong to consider oneself wise?
I don't mean consider oneself an important Buddhist, or one who has attained such and such a level of absorption or success along the path to ...
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Is it correct to say that true compassion (not trying to be) only manifest when there is wisdom?
That is to say that wisdom must come first before compassion.
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Bodhisattva wisdom vs. Arhat Wisdom
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in terms of wisdom, a Hinayana arhat is more powerful than a
bodhisattva before the 8th bhumi, because he abandoned afflictive
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Why aren't more people interested in Dhamma?
I read somewhere that Dhamma should only be taught to people who are interested and attentive to the knowledge, but why aren't more people interested in the first place? Dhamma could lead to the end ...
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Self-Compassion and Wisdom
I have questions linked with wisdom and self-compassion.
(1) Does self-compassion arise from wisdom?
(2) Does self-compassion imply accumulating joys and happiness in a context of detachment and non-...
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Unity of Wisdom
I'm curious as to whether wisdom is truly united as a mental factor, or whether some people can be very wise, yet very ignorant in other aspects. Basically, my question is: is wisdom a single entity, ...
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In regard of what or whom are you loyal?
Ven. Members of the Sangha (of Bhikkhus), Ven. fellows, valued Upasaka and Upasika, dear readers and interesed,
This question is intellectual and theoretical, or literary, but also/merely inviting ...
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What is the difference between intelligence and wisdom in the Buddha's teaching?
What is the Pali/Sanskrit term(s) for 'intelligence'? Is there another word(s) in Pali/Sanskrit for 'wisdom'? I hear 'intellect', 'intelligence' and 'wisdom' used interchangeably, is this correct? ...
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Bad Ordinations?
If a Novice was ordained but was not ready to be ordained because of one little issue, like for example, the novice:
admitted to not having parental permission
admitted to an alchohol problem
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If you were going to explain Dharmakāya to someone who has never encountered the topic prior, where would you begin?
Dharmakāya is tricky business to explain.
If you were to explain it to someone who has never heard of the concept where would you begin?
How does it fit in with attraction and aversion?
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Wisdom in practice
My day time job is with a Drug Helpline. This is an anonymous phone, chat and online Q/A service for drug and alcohol users and their relatives, friends, families and anyone with questions.
This job ...
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Cultivate wisdom or work on compassion?
People are different and have different skills and personalities. My partner is for example very good at visualization, she is very patient and also a fabulous cook! But she’s also a bit lazy (her ...
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Is there a link between Isolation and wisdom? [closed]
In history many people that lived a life of isolation turned out to write the laws of the universe,great inventors that advanced society forever with ideas and inventions. Others started a spiritual ...
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What is Direct Seeing?
Am I wrong or is "beginner's mind" a Zen term that means "seeing the experience you are aware of, moment by moment, as if you have never experienced concepts before... Like you have just been born ...
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Wisdom Devoid of Compassion
Some schools of Buddhism focus on the cultivation of wisdom/understanding as a way to reduce suffering in this lifetime and to move towards Nirvana. Other schools of Buddhism focus on cultivation of ...
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