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Why is dukkha bad?

I know this question maybe sounds odd and like a tautology, but in Buddhism the word dukkha seems to mean both the objective 'property' of being not satisfying and the subjective suffering. So is the goal to experience dukkha objectively, but not…
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Can anyone briefly explain what is Dhamma?

Can anyone please explain what is Dhamma in few paragraphs if possible? A similar question was asked by Rahula in Samyukta Nikaya but what I have is English translation of the conversation which leaves me with doubts. Also I want to establish…
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What is meant by giving up the teachings?

Buddha says So you should train like this: ‘I will not tell a lie, even for a joke.’ Tasmātiha te, rāhula, ‘hassāpi na musā bhaṇissāmī’ti Dhamma as taught by Buddha is not a lie therefore one should not say things which contradict Buddha. However…
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I do not know what is my Dhamma anymore; Can anyone help?

In my previous question I discussed what is your Dhamma which some people interpreted as what is your religion or whether you are a Buddhist. Some people said one discovers Dhamma when one walks on the Noble Eightfold Path. Some people said Dhamma…
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Do thoughts 'create' vedana?

Vedana is described as reaction to a sense contact. Are these only the 5 senses or is vedana also 'created' by thoughts or emotions?
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A question on Mano

In Nanavira's Notes of Dhamma on Mano: Note that just as the eye, as cakkhāyatana or cakkhudhātu, is that yena lokasmim lokasaññī hoti lokamānī ('[that] by which, in the world, one is a perceiver and conceiver of the world') (Salāyatana Samy. xii,3…
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Is the reverse of “Everything which has a beginning must have an end.” also true?

When we see with an eye of Dhamma , we realise that that which has a beginning must have an end because birth is conditional. (I am using Bhikkhu Sujata’s translation of SN 35.74) If we reverse the Truth then is it true that that which has an end…
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Does the word Dukkha means same in every context of Buddha Dhamma?

To clear my and my friends doubts I ask the following question : Does the word Dukkha mean the same in every context of Buddha Dhamma? My opinion is that yes ,it is a general term for all kinds of stress. There is a range of stress , from subtle to…
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Can a Dhamma be made up of other Dhammas?

What is Dhamma ? Dhamma is all conditioned and unconditioned phenomena. Dhamma also means different realities. Dhamma also means nature of things. Take for example body , it is made up of parts. Dhamma is the body and it is made up of six senses and…
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How can we make compatible the 'ehipassiko' aspect of the Dhamma with the faith aspects of it?

In this sutta (https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.077.than.html), it is explained that the power of Gotama Buddha as a sammasambuddha cannot or should not be conjecture about; the underlying mechanisms of kamma are not available…
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Which commitment should I make?

I want to make one commitment now to save myself from suffering in distant future. The kind of suffering is same as due to unity with undesired situation. For example I might have to shake hands with my enemy. Or I might have to live under…
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Is every Dhamma cause of suffering?

I have now spent quite sometime understanding what Lord Buddha said. Some of the fundamental things are still not clear to me. For example Sabbe Dhamma Anatta. Meaning all Dhammas are not me , mine or myself. But why all Dhammas are not me , mine or…
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Can someone provide explanation on dependent origination

According to this law, every phenomenon owes its origin to another phenomenon prior to it. It may simply be expressed as “depending on this, this originates”. An example of Dependent Origination in nature is given below: There being clouds in the…
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Is Mahasi Sayadaw's "counterfeit dhamma"?

There are certain people on this website and one in particular who claim to know the only "true" teachings of Buddha and they are saying that following Mahasi Sayadaws and other masters teachings where you focus on the movement of the breath at the…
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Does “Sabbe Dhamma Anatta “ exclude Adhamma?

Adhamma word is used at few places in the Suttas. Adhamma is opposite of Dhamma. If Dhamma means Right then Adhamma means Wrong. There is a characteristic of existence: Sabbe Dhamma Anatta. Can I say “ Sabbe Adhamma Anatta “? Does “ Sabbe Dhamma…
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