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Why aren't more people interested in Dhamma?
In the Ayacana Sutta (SN 6.1), the Buddha explained that for the masses who are strongly clinging to sensual pleasures and other things like name, fame, wealth, health, relationships etc., it is hard ...
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What did the Buddha say about motivation?
Right effort(sammā-vāyāma) in terms of mindfulness is not a forceful , grit your teeth kind of effort. It's a moment by moment, continuous, good cyclical habit kind of effort.
Cetanā is Pali for
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Buddhism and Losing Determination
Sit on the cushion. You’ve posted scores of variants on this question and still seem to be under the impression that there’s an answer out there somewhere that’s going to get things to click for you -...
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What did the Buddha say about motivation?
'Chanda' as an 'iddhipada', translated as 'zeal', 'desire', 'will', 'love'. I prefer 'devotion'.
Some suttas: SN 51.15 and SN 51.20.
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Formal Meditation Laziness
If you don't have a pull factor (natural inclination), then you need a push factor. These are the two factors of motivation.
Suppose your doctor tells you that you have early stage of lung cancer. He ...
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Leave pain while enjoying life?
You don't have to be a vegetarian if you follow Theravada Buddhism. The Buddha himself left it up to the individual preference. Only certain later Buddhist schools started demanding the followers to ...
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Motivation and long-term practice
So you notice cycles in your practice? Like you keep seeing the same pattern repeated over and over again? Dare I say, its almost like a spinning wheel rolling and rolling ever onward almost under ...
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Relation of Productivity and Entertainment
🤔There is work and there is play and both can be clung to. Personally I cannot motivate myself if there is no play so what I do is try to turn all my play into productive work. I make music and I ...
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How would a Buddhist advise on this subset of problems of motivation?
From the article "Two Exercises for Turning Intention into Motivation" by Thupten Jinpa on Buddhist site tricycle.org, we see some useful tips on how to motivate yourself to do a task that you set ...
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Motivation and long-term practice
"It’s good to remember that we’re not here just running 100-meter dashes. We’re running a marathon, which means you have to learn how to pace yourself. If you push yourself too hard, you won’t ...
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How does an ordinary person adopt Right View concerning the the hardships of the Buddha's earthly life?
WHY does one believe, that he was totally free from misery or mental anguish?
Perhaps you can see the "Noble Truths" in your own life -- suffering, cause of suffering, cessation of suffering....
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How does an ordinary person adopt Right View concerning the the hardships of the Buddha's earthly life?
OP: Here is the problem: we know that the Buddha suffered hardship in this world, including sickness and requiring a physician at times.
We know that he had enemies who wished him harm. How then is it
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Buddhism and Losing Determination
This emotion doesn't always occur, but it occurs enough for me to be held back in my practice. What should I do?
If Samsara is a very very long marathon, then just remember that if the race requires ...
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Buddhism and Losing Determination
For those who practice, illusions disappear. One becomes...disillusioned.
sn12.23: Truly knowing and seeing is a vital condition for disillusionment.
Without illusion, craving and aversion fade ...
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How would a Buddhist advise on this subset of problems of motivation?
According to Buddhism, faith in something is the foundation of motivation.
he places conviction in him. With the arising of conviction, he visits him & grows close to him. Growing close to him, ...
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Buddhism and Losing Determination
Defeatism and pessimism are just other activities of the mind; it's the thinking mind getting sulky because it's bored and not being allowed to do what it wants to do. If you sit with it and watch it ...
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Relation of Productivity and Entertainment
Average laymen need only observe the 5 precepts so can pursue any artistic endeavours or watch any of them.
When observing Uposatha one can take the 8 or 10 precepts where one devote the day to ...
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How to approach motivation for work during Vipassana?
You are already dead might be a useful talk (or read the written transcript here).
I knew of someone who was participating in a series of seminars on death and dying. And for one of the seminars the ...
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Bhava Tanha & Vibhava Tanha
Similarly, if we do virtuous acts and reflect on those acts regularly,
the perception of a 'virtuous person' increases as well, doesn't it?
This too, then, is Bhava Tanha?
Dana is the perfect ...
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Why aren't more people interested in Dhamma?
Dhamma could lead to the end of suffering, which is something most
people would be interested in right?
For people who grasp to Self, Dhamma and emptiness is a step down, it's just a bad trade.
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Leave pain while enjoying life?
I don't particularly want to stop eating meat, let alone stop drinking and/or smoking.
A reason (perhaps a good reason) to stop doing these things is that (or is if) they're a cause of suffering.
If ...
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Leave pain while enjoying life?
The five precepts are training rules, not strong prohibitions.
When you undertake them, you can increase your compliance over time.
For e.g. from drinking alcohol habitually, you can reduce it to ...
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Leave pain while enjoying life?
You don't need to stop eating meat.
Drinking and smoking are not compatible with the path of the Buddha.
The more you follow the path of the Buddha, the less you will do these things. So you can ...
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Buddhism and Procrastination
When it comes to motivation or the lack thereof, Theravadin Buddhist psychology is based upon the concept of sankhara, which equivalent to the philosophical concept of schema. That is to say, ...
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Buddhism and Procrastination
The reason for procrastination can be you really don't know for sure what YOU want to do.
You should have a clear vision of your future. You should know exactly what you want to do in your life. You ...
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