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What is the difference between right thinking and right view?
Samma Sankappa (right thinking) is the result of right view (Samma Ditthi).
If you have the wrong view your thinking will be wrong thinking. (Mittcha Sankappa)
Generally, right view is the forerunner ...
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
Here's a very suitable sutta for this question. Self-explanatory.
From Dhammaviharin Sutta (AN 5.73):
Then a certain monk went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having
bowed down to him, sat ...
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Mindfulness when playing chess
In contrast to the other answers, it is my perception that mindfulness and deep intellectual thinking complement each other.
Sports are not about defeating the other team but rather raising your ...
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How do enlightened people think?
Enlightened people do not overgeneralize.
(This can be supported by both Pali Canon as well as Mahayana sources.)
Concepts like "enlightened", "person", "I", and "thinking" are all ...
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Why does Buddhism seem to have an anti-thought bias?
The very point of Buddhism is liberation from automatic thinking and achieving agency of thinking. Dukkha, or unhappiness, is a product of attachment to ideas that mismatch reality, causing the inner ...
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Why does Buddhism seem to have an anti-thought bias?
The Buddha himself did not cease having thoughts, although he was fully enlightened. Please see this question for details.
In this answer, there is a quote from the Ayacana Sutta, where it says:
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
This is just from a personal perspective
In my early 20s my engagement with Buddhism was exclusively reading books and intellectualising about it. Fairly quickly I ran into the sand with it as I just ...
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
You should always keep in mind the differences between the Buddha's dispensation, and the teaching of, let's say, Socrates, Plato and other Hellenistic philosophers, which were, apparently, ...
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How to stop thinking about metaphysical questions?
Practice Vipassana meditation using breath or walking. This will help you to contemplate on wholesome thought. If you want to stop Vitakka and Vicara you have to practice Samatha meditation. Vitakka ...
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What is the difference between right thinking and right view?
Samma sankappa (right thinking) is the result of right view (samma ditthi). If you have the wrong view, your thinking will be wrong thinking (miccha sankappa). Generally, right view is the forerunner ...
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What is the difference between right thinking and right view?
To get to know the difference between right thinking (Samma Sankappa) and right view (Samma Ditti), it is important to first understand what these two terms mean. Therein, in this very understanding ...
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Why does Buddhism seem to have an anti-thought bias?
Nyom Ethan,
As Upasaka Rubens allready pointed out well, it totally the opposite as mostly taught, especially by secular tending teacher and uninformed lay teacher, but also by monks who like to do a ...
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
Venerable Nāgārjuna calls nirvāṇa "the ending of body, the ending of speech, the ending of mind" (T1564.23c16). No room for chatter, no room for activities, no room for proliferation.
Ven Nāgārjuna ...
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
In the post in question:
You use the parable of the elephant as an example (which is in a sutta about sectarian disputes)
You say that "Buddhism is strongly about this interaction between cognitive ...
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Metaphysical Contemplation and Speculation
OP: Given without knowledge one can only speculate, does Buddhism suggest one should delay certain questions until one can empirically
get a definite answer?
OP: For example, the jhanas are not ...
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How do enlightened people think?
The enlightened ones can think, and do have thoughts, as shown in the quote below. But their line of thinking is always without defilements (kilesas) - see this answer and this answer.
Thoughts are ...
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How to stop thinking about metaphysical questions?
Take a look at the suggestions in the Discourse on the Relaxation of Thoughts or also called the Discourse on the Removal of Distracting Thoughts.
Below, let me summarize the techniques found in that ...
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How to stop thinking about metaphysical questions?
I can actually give you an answer...but would that satisfy you? Would you trust this stranger enough to trust her words?
"metaphysical questions or what could be after death or if it is nothing etc"
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Source of Ajahn Chah quote
It seems to come from "Unshakeable Peace" by Ven. Ajahn Chah, though not verbatim. You can read the full dhamma talk on that link.
When I train my disciples, I train them to practice like ...
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Metaphysical Contemplation and Speculation
Kesa,puttiya Sutta (Kālāma Sutta) encourages free inquiry but this may also lead to misinterpretations due to erroneous reasoning. Even experiences can be miss identified and miss interpreted. [Brahma,...
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Mindfulness when playing chess
The vast majority of the ordinary human thoughts are repetitive. Most of the humans don't even have their own thoughts(even that would be don't beneficial) but they have the thoughts that come from ...
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Sati-Sampajañña and a quiet mind
The quiet mind is ideal but not a forced quiet mind. It is only the quiet of jhana that is ideal. If jhana is too difficult, and unlikely for us, then best not to waste time and practice momentary ...
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I explain why I prefer discuss Buddhism intellectually but others don't seem to accept my point. Why is that?
I usually like to explain it this way. The thinking, rational mind is a tool, like a hammer or a saw. Tools are useful, and they should be well-maintained; we don't want a rusty hammer or a dull saw ...
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What is the difference between right thinking and right view?
Maybe that's illustrated by the answers to "How are 'conceit' and 'identity-view' not the same?"
A "view" is a belief, I think it's relatively long-lasting, it's taking something to be true.
Whereas ...
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What is the difference between mindfulness and detachment?
Mindfulness Leads to detachment from
wrong beliefs
Instinctual feelings or states
And it does so by making you aware of the information you receive and understanding them for what they are, thus ...
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What is the difference between mindfulness and detachment?
'Mindfulness' means 'to remember' to apply/practise the Buddhist teachings. It does not mean 'bringing one's attention to experiences occurring in the present moment' (as written by a person in ...
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Buddhism and Stereotyping Perceptions
I've bumped into various prosaic and spiritual messages that have cultivated in me a certainty that most certainties are unjustified.
Studying debate in high school they drilled how to detect and ...
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Buddhism and Stereotyping Perceptions
You are asking how to train in overcoming mind's tendency to stereotype and to reify superficial perceptions. Generally speaking, entire Buddhist path is about training in this. Much of the ...
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