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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
Prior to the Buddha (born 563 or 480 BCE), was the historical Vedic religion (1750 - 500 BCE), followed by the shramanic movement (500 - 200 BCE), and the beginnings of the Upanishadic movement within ...
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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
Of course there is connection between Lord Buddha and Hinduism! Lord Buddha grew up studying many teachings of Hinduism as well as Jainism. But he was not satisfied with the answers he was getting. He ...
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Did Buddha ever met Mahavir(Jain GOD)?
No. There is no known record of Gautama Buddha meeting Mahavira (also known as Nigantha Nataputta in the Pali Canon). Jains are known as Niganthas in the Pali Canon.
It appears however that Mahavira ...
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Was Gautama Buddha a believer of the religious beliefs prevalent in his time and in his cultural context?
There's no belief for a Buddha. A Buddha is omniscient. He knows what is right and what is wrong by direct knowledge.
Yes, the Buddha did uphold certain religious practices of the time which are ...
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Why are Buddhas always Indian, male and human?
The question has two parts. Why only one Buddha? This is only in the Theravāda. In other Buddhist schools two, five, or up to millions of Buddhas can be seen. Two in the White Lotus, Five in the five ...
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Was Gautama Buddha a believer of the religious beliefs prevalent in his time and in his cultural context?
The Ariyapariyesana Sutta: The Noble Search is a partial description of his quest for enlightenment.
It contains passages like the following,
"Having thus gone forth in search of what might be ...
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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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Where are the references of Vesak in the Pali canon?
Without looking too deeply, it seems that the word "visākhapuṇṇamadivase" (day of the full moon of Visākha) only appears in the commentaries. I don't think there is any canonical reference to that ...
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How come Devdutta is also Buddha's brother-in-law?
Marrying within the family was common in many parts of the ancient world, especially among royalty. The Buddha’s family was no exception.
Yasodharā (who married Siddhārtha who went on to become the ...
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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
When Gotama was alive, Hinduism did not even exist. The religion of the Brahmans at that time is best called Brahmanism. The Pali suttas show the Buddha knew about the Four Vedas of Brahmanism. Both ...
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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
There is no connection between Buddha and hinduism. Buddha the awaken and intelligent had denied Vedas and the brahmanas which were the main religious books of Hindus saying that it was not based on ...
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Does any sect claim that only Shakyamuni will ever achieve great nirvana
No, there are no schools that claim this. All the schools accept that there were previous Buddhas before Buddha Shakyamuni and that there will be Buddhas after him as well.
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Where are the references of Vesak in the Pali canon?
You have to imagine whether you are in that time first, at the age of memorizing not reading like nowadays.
They almost always memorize all memories as approximation like we memorize as month, quarter,...
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Did Buddha ever met Mahavir(Jain GOD)?
In the Buddhist scriptures there are references to the Buddha or one of his disciples meeting and debating with Jains. In virtually every instance the Buddha or one of his disciples wins the debate ...
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What did Siddhartha really meant by ending suffering
"Ending suffering" is a red haring caused by older translations of the Pali word Dukkha.
It is a word which has not survived in Western Indo-European languages, but its antonym "Sukkha" is the root ...
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Did Gautama Buddha know his path?
Possibly. For example, MN 4:
Before my Awakening, when I was still an unawakened Bodhisatta, the
thought occurred to me ... If anyone, when speaking rightly, were to say: 'a being not subject to ...
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Who was Anuruddha's father?
According to the Apadana Atthakatha, Anuruddha was the youngest brother of Mahanama, and their father was the paternal uncle of the Buddha. It doesn't mention the father's name.
It is undisputed that ...
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About the Buddha tasting vinegar
Well, it is a caricature. And as any caricature it simplifies things while exaggerating and making fun of quite obvious aspects.
The substance they taste is not necessarily vinegar, it is the wine of ...
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Which sutta is this excerpt about Buddha's death from?
The Buddha's final days and death are described in the Maha-parinibbana Sutta
I don't see anything there quite like the quote you mentioned. According to the sutta, the Buddha's final words were:
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The healing Bodhi tree for Shakyamuni Buddhas long term sitting?
Does the Bodhi tree actually have medicinal properties as some Buddhists claim?
Maybe it does? For example, Phytopharmacology of Ficus religiosa references studies which say it does. I can't judge ...
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Why did first gerneration followers of Gautama Buddha chose oral method instead of written verbal method to preserve his teachings?
I don't know but maybe writing hadn't been invented there yet (or not introduced from elsewhere), or at least it wasn't common.
Wikipedia says,
First appearance of writing in the Indian Subcontinent
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When Buddhism started?
It's about 150-200 years, that Wester lay people and scholars invented and defined "Buddhism" and the word appears, if remembering right, first in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
If asking about Buddhas ...
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When Buddhism started?
According to tradition, Gautama Buddha was not the first Buddha. There were previous Samma Sambuddhas before him who taught the same teachings (called Dhamma). Also according to tradition, a new Samma ...
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Did the Buddha state that there is only one way, and state/imply that any other path (such as those practiced by yogis) was futile?
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn11 for the Buddha's statement that there are no true recluses beyond the Sangha.
“Bhikkhus, only here is there a recluse, only here a second recluse,
only here a ...
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Can anyone explain non-self or Anatta of Buddhism in simple terms with example?
1) Can anyone explain it in simple terms with example?
'Self' is a subjective ever-changing 'idea' or 'thought' created by the ignorant mind. For example, the 'self' the mind believed it was at 4 ...
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Why do we still don't know exact birth & date year of the Buddha?
Knowing the precise date of the Buddha's birth is not very useful knowledge within the Buddha's teaching, as it is presented in the Pali Suttas. How will knowing this precise birthday help any student ...
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What did Siddhartha really meant by ending suffering
I wonder, how is it possible to end suffering if we will always desire for certain things
But then on the other hand, if one doesn't have any desire whatsoever, even the wholesome desire to end ...
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What did Siddhartha really meant by ending suffering
It's kinda super-straightforward. If you keep thinking that whatever your life looks like is WRONG because you're lacking something or on the contrary, because it has something you don't want - as ...
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What did Siddhartha really meant by ending suffering
What did Siddhartha really meant by ending suffering
I sort of understand "happiness is inside of you" -- but I think that's a result of applying Buddhist doctrine (see e.g. this question ...
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