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Stages of Compassion in Mahayana
Dear friends, I am looking for references pertaining to the notion of the Four Stages of Compassion in the Mahayana traditions.
Thank you for your kind and generous help, may you all be well and safe.
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All kammas have to be experienced or not?
It's said that some kammas are not to be experienced, some kammas have to be experienced. Not all kammas have to be experienced. For example Angulimala story, the bad vipaka of killing many people ...
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Transcription of Yamāntaka mantra chanting fragment
I am a total outsider not well-versed in the Buddhist tradition, and apologize in advance if some of the terms/names I'll write are placed out of context or misused.
To cut the story short, I am ...
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Have the copies of original Tipitaka written in Aluvihara Sri Lanka now been lost?
Have the copies of original Tipitaka written in Aluvihara Sri Lanka now been lost?
It appears that the Tipitaka used in Sri Lanka an import from Thailand or Myanmar.
I ask because in this essay, The ...
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Mahāsamādhi in Buddhism?
Wikipedia defines Mahāsamādhi as follows:
Mahāsamādhi (the great and final samādhi) is the act of consciously
and intentionally leaving one's body. A realized yogi (male) or
yogini (female) who ...
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Place of death and rebirth
I'm reading about bardos in the Tibetan Book of the dead. I'm wondering how is rebirth dependent on geographical location. For example, if dead occurs in Europe is it possible to get a rebirth in Asia?...
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What words in Pali are correctly interpreted as rebirth/reincarnation?
In comments to this question I saw a disagreement over the proper translation of various Pali words in suttas commonly translated with the english word rebirth or reborn.
According to Ajahn Sujato ...
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Maithri Bodhisatvas Ata pirikara
I recently got to know that the Ata Pirikara that is to be given to Maithree Bodhisatva at the time of the renunciation by the Maha Brahma has already been created and ready.
Is there anything ...
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Where is the sutra source of Buddha[s] (plural) existing and blessing peoples minds?
Tibetan/Mahayana Buddhists believe in such a thing, that somehow specific Buddhas exist....somewhere and emanate in forms in the world and are able to bless other peoples minds.
My question is where ...
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AN 8.30 Great thoughts, thoughts of great man, thing-able, (de-)touch-able for everyone? (thinking in first jhāna)
Coming from here, analysis of AN 8.30.
Good, Anuruddha, very good.
It’s good that you think
these thoughts of a great person:
Does good householder think that certain (all) people are capable to ...
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temple policy for babies/young kids
are there any policies for bringing very young kids (14 month) to a temple/pagoda (stroller, clothes etc)? We
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References for the history of Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a renowned Mahayana text and the source of many ideas, prayers and practices, down to today, particularly the Bodhisattva ideal, Bodhicitta, and practices for ...
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Is 'kata nana' a synonym for 'pativedha nana'?
Is 'kata nana' a synonym for 'pativedha nana'?
I wonder if there is a (slight) difference between these two words. Can they be used as synonyms?
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A person asks the Buddha to sit on his lotus. The Buddha agrees, with one requirement: keep silence. What is the name of this story?
Once upon a time there was a beggar who wanted to sit in the Buddha's seat in a temple. The Buddha agreed, with one requirement: keep silence.
At first, a rich man went to the temple to ask for virtue....
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What path does B. Alan Wallace teach?
I am long time student of Chogyam Trungpa. Unfortunately, the current situation at the sangha (now Shambhala International) is in a state of chaos. I am interested in becoming B. Alan Wallace's ...
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