Questions tagged [mind]
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Neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant feeling vs not feeling
What's the difference? I'm having difficulty thinking of any real neutral feelings I actually experience.
For example, there's eating a food that is perceived as pleasant, and eating a food that is perceived as unpleasant. If your senses were…
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Who am 'I'? Verification as to the demarcations of 'Sankhara'
It maybe a very confusing question. But I have been contemplating this quite a lot recently.
Ven. Ajahn Chah preached, as the Lord Buddha once said :
One who sees Sankhara and is purged of attachment has happiness. Mind is Sankhara. Body is…
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If someone have experienced supernatural abilities through meditation, than why don't he shows it to world?
If somebody goes beyond fourth jhanas and has received super knowledge and also powers, than why don't he shows it to world and shares his knowledge and experience to world or say scientist and science community so that the general humans will…
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Mind as a creator
All words are creations of mind. How do we explain the mind with the words?
So that proves there is something beyond words. That is thoughts. Connected to mind. Are mind and thoughts two different things? Or the same thing?
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Other people may misinterpret my "calming my mind"
I'm not an "official" Buddhist but I have accepted the idea that "calming my mind" is good -- by not getting emotional about little setbacks (to the degree I can). To some degree, I have accomplished this.
As a result, I can keep my head while…
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Circular thoughts and their antidote
Did the Buddha give specific advice around circular thought patterns and perhaps an antidote.
I'm aware that there is a lot around mental proliferation but this seems more general.
Many Thanks
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What does buddhism say about mind and heart?
Some gurus like osho says that the heart should dominate mind but reverse is happening in real world.
Some like sadhguru from isha foundation says that heart is just a pumping device. It is driven by our mind.
What point of view does buddhism have…
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Is their any reference in buddhism about time travell and parallel universe travell?
As i've seen in hindhism their are lot of written things in hindu scriptures that a person or gods used to travel in different universes and time. But is their any mention of such powers in buddhism also? Where it is mentioned that a meditator has…
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mind is like illusionist
as per "mano puggmama dahma mano setta mano maya" Buddha explain mind as illusionist create millions of imaginary questions and travel time to find answers to those imaginary questions like reincarnation,rebirth and existence.Buddha never answered…
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How to stop reverberations running in mind? And why they are in the first place?
Like, there is song which I don't want, constantly reverberating in my mind. I've two questions.
Why it I reverberating in first place?
How to get rid of it?
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How much time it takes to experience 4th jhana?
Right now sometime if i try to concentrate i can feel the calmness in mind. Before 2 years i used to feel inner joy after doing meditation. If i do meditation everyday for 2 -3 hours, how much time will it take for me to leave the rupa jhana?
Or…
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how can spirts/sould see physical things without eyes
I was listening and watching the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Audiobook) and i got one question in my mind. When soul/conciousness leaves physical body how can it see all the physical things without a physical eyes?
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