Questions tagged [suffering]
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Is action a form of discontent?
I know Buddhism stresses the importance of being a content person, but I can't help thinking that any action such as walking or even shifting my foot is a form of dissatisfaction for current moment. Why would I change anything if I am content?
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Is there an end to the suffering in general?
Buddha said that Nirvana is an end to the suffering of an individual.
However if we think from a larger perspective, there is no end to the suffering as a whole. The world will get created again and new Buddha will or will not arise to help us…
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Are we taught to try to understand our fears?
On page 13 of Good Questions, Good Answers it says,
The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change.
Is it true that we're taught to try to understand our…
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According to the Buddha, how is one freed from suffering?
I'm a bit confused about how, according to the Buddha, one is freed from suffering.
I have read that suffering is one of the marks of existence. So can one be freed from it at all? If it's an aspect of existing, is it just something to accept? So…
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Waves of Sadness
I've cut out many addictive behaviours recently, and in line with what I read about addictive things, I've experienced the return of feelings of great sadness and discouragement. Seemingly without pattern, I feel utter sadness, despair, etc. But, as…
user7302
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How does one practice suffering well?
Correct me if I'm wrong, I understand a lot of buddhism is about relieving of suffering through practicing of detachment. Removing detachment is a long process. Until one removes those attachments, there will still be suffering.
My question is:…
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Buddha teaches the extinguishing of suffering, what if an individual is okay with suffering?
Is there any commentary on the path of choosing to coexist with suffering?
For example, some people think that suffering adds color to life, that the lows makes the highs better.
Or how some individuals find meaning in their suffering.
What does…
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How does a Buddhist care for others' suffering?
Please forgive me, I know really little about buddhism. From what I heard, the Buddhist will try to find relief from suffering by meditation and trying to be selfless. But what about others that are suffering? Does the Buddhist value more attaining…
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Do thoughts influence everything? Or is this an illusion?
What does Buddhism think about/or is it accepted in it that we influence everything with our (un)conscious thoughts and emotions and impressions (because these are also some form off thoughts right?) and can't not influence the universe we live in.…
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Reducing "suffering" without Buddhist meditation?
If I remember correctly, there are three types of suffering in early Buddhism
ordinary
from change
from conditioning
To prevent ordinary physical and mental suffering, we can avoid certain evils. Something similar must exist with suffering form…
user24539
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Who am I? Who am I without past memory?
Who am I? Am I my memory? For example, I am hindu. I am engineer. I am Rajput.
Who am I without past memory? Am I my past memory? I am engineer. I am hindu.
user17101
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11 year old daughter suffocated, was dead and was resuscitated now in a state of reduced concsciousness
I am a father of a now 13 year old daughter. She was born with the genetic disorder Achondroplasie (Dwarfism, "small people").
At the age of 11 we decided that she should undergo leg-extension surgery.
Everything went OK, she woke up after the OP…
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Addiction and Suffering
I have experienced minor addictions lately, such as overeating or social media; these topics have been addressed on this site previously.
I now have a more general question. I am wondering: which is more important between tolerating negative…
user7302
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Meditation for Stress and Anxiety
I have read much about meditation and stress and anxiety, but I'd like to have an experiential perspective from people on here.
1) What's the Buddhist view about stress? What are the solutions to stress? [I don't mean suffering as in dukkha but the…
user7302
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Why can't existence be mostly good?
My question has to do with existence itself. We all know there is suffering in life and that it is due to the fact that fenomena is ever changing, so any state (good or bad) is conditionated and will therefore change. This is what I understand as…
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