5
votes
Am I "fooling" myself?
Here is the simple answer to what you feel...
We are in constant pain and suffering.
As to lord Buddha
Eyes,Ears,Tongue,Nose,Body & Mind are Burning from three things (Lust,Anger,Confusion -[...
- 3,953
5
votes
Accepted
Can Buddha Damma be reduced to Paticca Samuppada?
The Buddha's Dharma is beautiful in the beginning, beautiful in the middle, and beautiful in the end. Absent need for addition or reduction. It would be overly simplistic to reduce the entire teaching ...
- 338
4
votes
Accepted
What is the meaning of the word Dhamma?
"Dhamma" is a complicated word, or a simple word that's used in many different contexts.
Here is a definition.
I'd summarise it to myself as "described thing" or "anything you can identify".
In the ...
- 46.3k
4
votes
Accepted
Is there an anicca→anatta→dukkha description of the three marks?
No. The idea of anicca→anatta→dukkha is common on the internet, particularly on DW.
The characteristic of 'unsatisfactoriness' ('dukkha') is directly related to impermanence (anicca) given the Buddha ...
- 40.5k
4
votes
Accepted
Am I "fooling" myself?
As I said here, each of the Three Marks (Transience, Dukkha, Corelessness) produces a surprising effect when it is fully accepted:
Fully accepting Transience brings a surprising sense of timeless ...
- 58.3k
3
votes
Can Buddha Damma be reduced to Paticca Samuppada?
Can the teaching be reduced to Paticca Samuppada? Has lord Buddha preached so in any Sutta?
Sariputra said (MN 28):
Now, the Blessed One has said, whoever sees paticcasamuppada sees the Dhamma; ...
- 58.3k
3
votes
'Dukkha': What is the difference between 'suffering' & 'unsatisfactoriness'?
Dukkha is a vast subject. After 50 years of practicing Buddhist mindfulness meditation based upon the Satipatthana Sutta as taught by the late Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche, I am able to talk about the ...
- 779
3
votes
'Dukkha': What is the difference between 'suffering' & 'unsatisfactoriness'?
'Unsatisfactoriness' is one of the Three Characteristics. 'Unsatisfactoriness' refers to an inherent quality of all (conditioned) material & mental things.
The cause of unsatisfactoriness is ...
- 40.5k
2
votes
Am I "fooling" myself?
Firstly let me give a generic background. Before diving into answering your question.
Dukkha appears in many contexts and granularity when discussing Buddhism. In the level you seem to be discussing ...
2
votes
Accepted
How Am I not the owner of the mind?
In my opinion, the linchpin teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of no-self. It is the pillar that holds the entire foundation, and once it falls, enlightenment is inevitable.
You have made a very ...
- 763
1
vote
How Am I not the owner of the mind?
It seems to me that I can't own fire, for example.
I might think I own the fuel, which is consumed by fire!
I think Buddhism suggest that thoughts are not entirely uncontrollable -- like you can't ...
- 46.3k
1
vote
What are signs of the three marks of existence?
Sweeping is a process made up of many experiences. An experience is made up of the five aggregates. Each of the five aggregates is Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta in nature. That makes each experience Anicca, ...
- 25.7k
1
vote
Can Buddha Damma be reduced to Paticca Samuppada?
As shown in visuddimagga there are 18 insights to develop.
They are develop in The 7 Stages of Purification and The Insight Knowledge.
- 1,601
1
vote
How can you see suffering in the breath?
Crab bucket, if only you have taken the "impermanence" and "anatta" aspects a bit further into your meditation, you would have arrived at the "Suffering" aspect of it. Let me explain this to you...
...
- 9,695
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible