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What is The Prediction as defined by the Mahayana tradition?
Please see this section taken from the wiki page titled Boddhisattva which might help you answer the question:
...what early Mahayana sutras like the Aṣṭa do is to help individuals
determine if they ...
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Is there an online copy of English translation of Pramanavarttika of Shri Dharmakirthi?
Is there a an online copy of English translation of Pramanavarttika of Shri Dharmakirthi?
Of the available links only second chapter is available.
If the full version is available, please provide the ...
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Is lack of inherent existence the same as 'not real'?
I'm reading Rob Burbea's book Seeing That Frees. The book is about ways of working with emptiness. In the book he says that things lack inherent existence. I'm fairly sure this isnt the same as not ...
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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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Can volition be without craving? We love and serve because we intend to?
As Observer
Say I observe systems around me --- economics of suffering, arising of crime, even the Dependent Origination --- without craving to maintain, defend, modify, control or destroy the systems....
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Did Buddha ever met Mahavir(Jain GOD)?
Mahavir(Jain GOD) was the contemporary of the Buddha of his time. Buddha did knew some details about Mahavir, Jainism(as its mentioned in the text) & about its own way of enlightenment which he ...
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How are there good overweight monks?
If you are mindful you don't eat for taste - so chances are you over eat are smaller.
There are a few monks I know and I truly believe are advanced practitioners (meaning I won't be surprised if ...
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How to deal with people who try to prove your compassion is fake? [closed]
Some people believe that their compassion is holier than yours. Firstly they do not understand what compassion is and Secondly they question your genuineness of compassion.
I will not explain ...
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The five incurable actions
"There are these five inhabitants of the states of deprivation, inhabitants of hell, who are in agony & incurable. Which five? One who has killed his/her mother, one who has killed his/her ...
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What can one do with knowings that occur from strong intuition?
Please see a breakdown of how one may approach the question...
'Knowings' in this sense has not been influenced by external stimulus. One can know things about our environment using the six senses as ...
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What is musavada in the five precepts?
What is musāvādā in the five precepts?
On this five precepts page, it is translated as "incorrect speech", presumably by Ven. Thanissaro.
On this DN 27 page, Ven. Sujato translated it as &...
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Relationship between truth and compassion
Can a bodhisattva or lay Buddhist be too concerned with truth at the expense of compassion and altruism?
What is the relationship between truth and compassion? e.g.. is the truth always compassionate, ...
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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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How do the concepts of anatta, rebirth and karma coexist together?
Although I have read quite a lot of books about Buddhism, almost all of them were meant for the Western layman so I consider myself to be a beginner compared to most of you here. I hope you can ...
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Did the Buddha break his promise?
In MN 138, the Buddha said this:
The Blessed One said: "Monks, I will teach you a statement & its analysis. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak."
"As you say, lord,"...
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Does a virtuous Buddhist indicate when making a turn and no-one (else) is watching?
It’s a question about the balance hetween adhering to law but also not becoming ridiculous about it.
I hope it’s not a ridiculous question.
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I am adding a justification for the validity of this ...
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Trying to find causes of everything
Is trying to find causes of everything not a good practise? Isn't having rational mind a good thing?
I know that the Lord Buddha advised us to not to think about begging of life. Because it make us ...
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I am a buddhist, and i have a harm OCD
i need guidance for a problem that i have for 5 years. I have a harm ocd, i keep having this extremely bad imaginations about killing family/holy beings and destroying holy stuff. The thing is, i ...
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The Buddha and the act of smiling
Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa.
Even though it may at first hand appear to be a shallow subject and inquiry, I happen to find it of relevance to the practice and wondered about it.
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“No trace” conceptual origins and term
There is a quote by Shunryu Suzuki which says:
When you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a ...
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Do arhats exist after death?
I was just looking at the connected discousres (Bhikkhu Bodhi) and it said
Sorry for the rushed question, but I wondered if arhats can be said to exist or not after death? Does the Buddha say the ...
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Intentional or unintentional sexual thoughts
I've been restless for these past few days. Once I have an unappropiate thought about a holy figure, and I think it was unintentional (not sure though). But then I kept thinking about it over and over ...
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Mahasi Sayadaw / Yuttadhammo noting question
When I'm sitting, I have a lot of trouble making it through all the touching points.
One issue I'm thinking that I might be having is that maybe the progression of objects is incorrect: I do rising-...
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Could you translate 'suchness' as “being perceptible to the senses”?
Could you translate 'suchness' as "being perceptible to the senses"?
I'm asking because I think things can be perceptible without consciousness, and that visibility is in some sense ...
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Providing a prayer for others
As someone that is actively seeking to be a Buddhist, how does one show emotional support for others in time of need?
Christians offer to pray for them if someone or some person is going through a ...
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Is Mahayana Buddhism a form of idealism?
Do Mahayana Buddhists believe that the whole world and all objects are created by the mind? For example, my friend and I see a train. Do I and my friend see the same train?
Tell me if it is correct to ...
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How does the path according to Sheng-yen compare with scholastic Buddhism?
Sheng-yen was an important Taiwanese Buddhist, with I believe Rinzai and Soto tranmission.
When describing the Buddhist path, he says that the 10 faiths are reached only after extensive success with ...
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Laws of the land, and Buddhist virtues and precepts
Some laws coincide with Buddhist precepts for e.g. penalizing murder and theft.
But there are other laws like traffic rules or Covid-19 rules which have no direct equivalent in Buddhism.
However, we ...
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Translation of Akkosa Sutta: Insult - .“He who repays an angry man in kind Is worse than the angry man”
Listed below are three translations of Akkosa Sutta provided in access to in access to insight
Which translation has the correct meaning?
The third translation is not far from the common ethics i.e., ...
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Trying to find a quote by Pema Chodron
I'm looking for a quote by Pema Chodron. In my memory, she's having a discussion with a Zen master, and the quote goes something like this;
Pema: "what do you do when things fall apart?"
Zen ...
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SN 12.52 Upadana Sutta
Can one elaborate please more on this quote:
"In one who keeps focusing on the allure of clingable phenomena (or: phenomena that offer sustenance = the five aggregates), craving develops.
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Dhammapada questions on craving
When I picked up a version of the Dhammapada (Parallax Press) and read through I came across an interesting verse in this specific book it was Chapter 24: Craving. Forgive me for not knowing the ...
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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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Enlightened Lies - Can lying be the correct action in certain situations?
Can lying be the correct action in certain situations? Bhikkhu Bodhi gave an example of a situation where lying might be appropriate:
In World War II some nice people would hide those oppressed by ...
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Does karma have effects, only if they are done physically? Or also mentally? [duplicate]
I know Theravada Buddhism has 5 precepts:
killing other beings
stealing, or taking by force what is not given
no sexual relations other than your married soulmate
lying and incorrect speech
consuming ...
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What are the things to do get large amount of merits? [duplicate]
I'm new to this forum.
What are the most merit receiving things in Buddhism?
I already know donating or charity is a good way to earn much merits.
What are the other ways to earn merits?
Thank you.
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Is there anything like discriminating intellect in Buddhism?
I was watching this Youtube video about 'witnessing self':
3 Stages in Witnessing Meditation - On the Journey towards Spiritual Enlightenment
This video describes the three stages in witnessing ...
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Is the role of rogyapas in sky burials considered unclean by Tibetan Buddhists?
I just came across a Reddit comment referencing the Human Planet documentary about sky burials, in which there was an implication by the narrator that the rogyapa (body-breaker) performing the ritual ...
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Can one gloss the doctrine of karma as the claim that we are only really hurting ourselves?
Can one gloss the doctrine of karma as the claim that we are only really hurting ourselves?
At least in everyday senses of suffering.
Perhaps not including sickness, old age, and death (these seem ...
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AN 4.197 - do the Pali words “āgacchati” and “paccājāyati” mean “reborn”?
AN 4.197 has been translated as:
Here, Mallikā, a certain woman, is angry, often irritable. Even over a
trivial remark, she is cross (abhisajjati), shaken, vexed, stubborn,
and shows her temper (...
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Cannot find amazing Buddhism resource with a sequence of instructions/guidance by level
I've previously come across an incredible Buddhism resource that has escaped me. It was a website with a non-modern design, plenty of sub pages that were formed in a sequence in terms of how to study ...
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Soul and Self in buddhism
I've heard a lot of questions like, "who is there to enlighten if there is no self?"
Is that kind of question based on ignorance on the difference between Soul and Self? Or does Buddhism deny the ...
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Elaboration of Vasubandhu's argument for the possibility of mental appearances to be publicly sharable?
The vivid qualitative experience of a word (or called "quale" as a philosophical jargon, "private language" as a linguistic jargon) formed by each person is intrinsically different ...
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How, if at all, does karma exist in the form and formless realms?
How, if at all, does karma exist in the form and formless realms?
Obviously, as humans in the desire realm, we can suffer misfortune, etc., due to our karma. But what about events in these other ...
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Is there a serious TV channel which is for Buddhist community?
I watch TV. As a Buddhist which TV channels should I watch?
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3 marks of existence: conditioned vs unconditioned things?
The Wikipedia page for "the 3 marks of existence" differentiates between "conditioned things" and "unconditioned things" like so:
The three marks are:
sabbe saṅkhārā ...
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Guidance in practical aspects of buddhism and meditation
I read a course entitled ' Meditation without exertion' which was purportedly based on Tibetan teachings and methods. It discussed methods of developing concentration and imagination leading to ...
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What are The Four Great Elements?
Can someone provide a comprehensive explanation, on what the four great elements are and how they work and exist?
I also have a special interest about the "mobility-element", in the four great ...
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Why ancient Prasangika buddhist Chandrakirti claimed “There is no chariot which depends on its parts”?
Today during reference checking I arrived at this wiki page, where the famous ancient Prasangika buddhist Chandrakirti claimed "There is no chariot which depends on its parts"?
But per the ...
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What is the difference between Karma and Sanskara
Karma and Sanskara seam to be very much related. How are they related and how are they different.