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Alternatives to sitting meditation?
I'm not exactly a Buddhist, just a meditator.
However, I was wondering if there are alternatives to just sitting and watching the breath? Especially, are there things I can practice throughout the day to accomplish the same effect?
The fact is I,…
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Dealing with angriness or sadness that comes up with "meditation"
Ok, my "meditation" is physical exercise where I
concentrate on what I am doing
concentrate on my breath
If I exercise in morning, I feel violent anger.
When I confront why I feel such anger, I start to cry and talk to God Almighty (that is my…
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Can Buddhists see into the future?
It's said that Buddhist practice can cause the arising of certain psychic powers. This answer hints that one of those physic powers might be precognition. Have I understood that correctly? I've never read anything about this in any of the texts. I…
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Without an enduring quid between lifes, how to explain past life recalling?
How a being (be it a Buddha) can remember its past lives, if there is no "quid"/soul/self enduring for more time?
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What does Nonduality correspond to in Buddhism?
There is not [was not] a tag for nonduality. Would someone please make a correspondence between nonduality and Buddhism as to "stage" or "attainment", qualifications, or whatever is applicable?
EDIT: I was thinking of Nonduality as a stage, but it…
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What is the mental factor of Adhimokkkha (determination) use for?
I am interested in what many ways Adhimokkha(determination) is used in meditation or other purposes in different traditions.
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Why does Mara, the Evil One one comes looking for consciousness at death?
Is this explained in the Pali Canon?
Then the Blessed One went with a large number of monks to the Black Rock on the slope of Isigili. From afar he saw Ven. Vakkali lying dead on a couch. Now at that time a smokiness, a darkness was moving to the…
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Karma, right effort, letting go, heroic sacrifices: what's the right thing to do?
Isn't there a story where the Buddha accosts a monk who's bleeding from performing walking meditation for too long, and tells him practice must be like a Veena's string - not too tight, not too loose? i.e the middle way
Yet, I remember a story in…
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Direct interaction between Gods and men
From the Mettanisamsa Sutta, one of the benefits of practising metta is that the Devas would protect him. This leads me to my question.
According to Buddhism and the suttas, do the Brahmas and Devas have any direct interaction with human beings?…
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How does one practice Buddhism when experience is limited by the 6 senses?
If one is limited by the senses and the formation of the sense, how does one practice Buddhism which espouses interrelatedness and interconnectedness?
For example, if i simply taste the grape i have in mouth, how do i realize that the grape is the…
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The six realms of existence
Lately, i'm finding myself very confused. I don't know whether i'm trying to learn new things to become a better person for myself and the world around me, or am i in fact just a ' hungry ghost' unable to satisfy my hunger. I do feel like i'm…
user476
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Is anxiety as hell-bound as cruelty?
On page 24 of Good Questions, Good Answers it says,
The gentle, loving type of person tends to be reborn in a heaven realm or as a human being who has a predominance of pleasant experiences.
The anxious, worried, or extremely cruel person tends to…
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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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Meditating with an overwhelming emotion
It gets really hard for me to meditate when there is something really important happening in my life, something that triggers overwhelming emotions such as fear, anger or total despair. Avoiding them is not a solution, they don't simply go away.
I…
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Meaning of 'kalapas'
What did the Buddha really meant with 'kalapas' (those ultra small particles of existence, that arise and pass away at an incredible speed)?
Is there a correlation between those kalapas and the emptiness of all things (sunnata)?
Can those kalapas be…
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