Questions tagged [wisdom]
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What is mirror wisdom?
What is the right way to understand (or apply) mirror wisdom? Is it buddha-nature, bodhisattva (ripe for awakening), or both? Is it cultivated, or does it spring up naturally with enlightenment? If it's a method, how can it be utilized to curb…
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Any further question? What best to ask on one's last chance?
What would one, certain wise but not free, ask/request if there is just one chance left?
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No owner of the Dhamma?
Surely a convention-philosophy conflicting question:
One sad "There's no owner for this Dhamma." Can this be related to the Buddhas words as they are known from the Sublime Canon, or is it told different, or both, or neither?
If there is an owner of…
Samana Johann
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Unity of Wisdom
I'm curious as to whether wisdom is truly united as a mental factor, or whether some people can be very wise, yet very ignorant in other aspects. Basically, my question is: is wisdom a single entity, or made up of parts?
I feel like the answer needs…
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Is there a link between Isolation and wisdom?
In history many people that lived a life of isolation turned out to write the laws of the universe,great inventors that advanced society forever with ideas and inventions. Others started a spiritual movement for mankind that millions follow I will…
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Is practice of Vedanta a prelude to practice of Buddhism?
Prince Siddharta was schooled in Vedanta, which was the predominant philosophy prevailing in India 2500 yrs ago. Majority of Buddhists today seem to have ignored the study of Vedanta and dived into the deep end of mastering the Tripitaka first,…
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Depopulation of the World - Buddha's Explanation
In The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Sutta 3/56 titled Depopulation (on page 253; internet version here) and note 415 (on page 1645) provides the Buddha's explanation for the Depopulation of the World.
In this explanation reference is made to…
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