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What do you do to prepare for death?
I prepare for death by watching clouds.
Appearances of entities arise when certain elements come together, and then morph beyond recognition as elements drift apart.
Death is all around us at all ...
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Should a Buddhist be afraid of death?
Isn't this an obvious question? Should a Christian not "desire a wife of his neighbor", nor steal, nor mention God's name in vain etc. - but some still do.
"A Buddhist" just like &...
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How do I do "contemplation of death" meditation? And is it dangerous?
How to do "contemplation of death" meditation ?
With each and every in and out breath reflect: "life is impermanent, but death is certain, hence will attend to what need to be done without delay."
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What is happening to Lord Buddha after "parinirvana"?
Nothing
Because there is no person to happen anything, and there is no samsara. So that's The End. When a person achieves nirvana , there is no person anymore. Death is not the end of a person, ...
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If Buddhists believe that life is just suffering why don't they just kill themselves?
Buddhists do kill themselves, but instead of killing the body they kill the Ego -- which is much more effective.
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Why aren't there omnicidal Buddhists?
existence is the root of suffering
no, it's not. The official definitions are "unsatisfied thirst is [mental] suffering", "craving and grasping is the origin of suffering", "...
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Metta for dead father
Generally you should not do Metta to:
Lingavisabhāga (opposite sex - generally directed at a specific person)
Kālakatapuggala (a dead person)
See page 81 Seeing and Knowing revised edition by Pa Auk ...
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How to overcome the suffering of attachement to the body's continued existence (in Western modernity)?
In preparation for death you should:
accept the fact everyone must die and let go of the fear of death
not procrastinate meditation to develop wisdom
make your mind equanimous as possible to handle ...
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How can people meet again after rebirth?
If you both have:
(1) compatible faith (sama,saddhā),
(2) compatible virtue (sama,silā),
(3) compatible charity (sama,cāgā),
(4) compatible wisdom (sama,pannā).
Sama,jivi Sutta 1
With the balance of ...
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Metta for dead father
According to my teacher, it is important to reconcile and forgive major issues we had had with our (now deceased) parents. There is a tremendous amount of emotional energy locked in grudges and ...
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Which sutta is this excerpt about Buddha's death from?
The quoted passage sounds vaguely like the last paragraph of Ud 8.5 the Cunda Sutta. For example you quoted,
You have done what is good and wholesome ... after death you will be reborn in a happy ...
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How to actually do death contemplation?
i do seem to care about others who die though but not on myself
But that's the whole point. So if you already don't mind dying (that's how i understand your statement), then maybe you're an arahant?
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What is happening to Lord Buddha after "parinirvana"?
I am not as knowledgeable in these matters as many others I see in this Exchange, but it seems to me that the answer to this question might fall under the categories of the 14 Unanswered Questions #'s ...
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What is happening to Lord Buddha after "parinirvana"?
It is something undeclared by The Buddha.
These four views are undeclared by The Buddha:
After death a Tathāgata exists
After death a Tathāgata does not exist
After death a Tathāgata both exists &...
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Buddha teaching regarding eating
It's in Puttanmansa Sutta.
"And how is physical food to be regarded? Suppose a couple, husband &
wife, taking meager provisions, were to travel through a desert. With
them would be their ...
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Is meat eating a possibility?
If you eat vegetables or grains, it can indirectly cause the death of animals like snails and earthworms, due to clearing of land, ploughing, pesticides, weeding etc.
If you wear clothes made of ...
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Do arhats exist after death?
If you want to see what the authoritative figures have to say on the topic, here's a quote from What Happens to an Arahant at Death? A Dialogue between Bhikkhu Bodhi and B. Alan Wallace:
BB: The ...
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Was Sariputta alive during the time of Buddha's death?
Time in DN 16, MahaParinibbanaSutta, is already clear for the Sutta Pali memorizer, but it's hard for the reader because it's too long for skipping reading. Memorizing with the memorized & ...
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Should a Buddhist be afraid of death?
The belief in reincarnation takes away the fear of death but it does not mean one has to act in a suicidal way or go on inviting death in any way. Buddhism has a deep respect for life as in this human ...
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Is it correct view, as in renunciation, or desire, to want to die
In the first sutta (Dhammacakka) that was preached by the Buddha at Baranasi, it is mentioned three types of Desire that is the cause of Suffering.
Kama tanha
Bhava tanha
Vibhava tanha
Herein, ...
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Is Nirvana redundant?
"No afterlife" means, from a Buddhist perspective, that there is no ego-centered identity to experience that afterlife. After life, the ego entity created by the human mind is no more but the ...
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Metta for dead father
I have heard multiple teachers say it is okay to use a deceased person as the "benefactor" or "as the person you like or respect". If the purpose of Metta is to develop jhana and then profound ...
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Why do Buddhists cremate instead of burying?
That answer in the video has a parallel in Sky burial where the body is exposed in the wilderness to be eaten by birds and animals.
That practice is unpopular (and, more to the point, illegal) in ...
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Why do Buddhists cremate instead of burying?
To add to the answers already given, cremation was considered as the respectful way of disposing of the dead. All Buddhas and Cakkavatti kings of the past were said to be cremated. You wouldn't want a ...
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Is meat eating a possibility?
My thought on this is that;
Buddhist precepts are taught as one follows so that he or she would not feel or
experience unwholesomeness. Having unwholesomeness mind could affect one's mind, therefore ...
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