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Does Buddhist's Time Dilation have something to do with Physics's Time Dilation?
I've just seen Interstellar. And they say 1 year on the planet is equal to 7 years on earth. because it sounds familiar to the Buddhist text I used to read ,if they both refer to the same thing, how did the ancient people know it?
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What is the difference between Dharmakaya and Sambhogakaya?
Within the Trikāya doctrine (the bodies of the Buddha) I've never felt very clear about the differences between the Dharmakaya and Sambhogakaya. I believe that the Nirmanakaya is the physicality of the Buddha (happy to be corrected on this) but I'm…
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
Buddha is the name for the Supreme Being, right? So are Amitabha Buddha and Sakyamuni Buddha both Supreme Beings but of different galaxies or something? I assume there are more buddhas than just these two. If so, how can there be many Supreme…
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Is there a Tantrayana (Tibetan Buddhism) training related to "burning" past bad karma?
I heard (only heard) a couple of times somewhere that there is a training in Tantrayana that can purify you, by deleting or burning your own past bad karma.
Unfortunately, I don't know the name of this training -- but I lived in Indonesia and…
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Celibacy and contradiction with modern medical science
Buddhism stress on Celibacy at the same time insists on revoking everything that could not be proved by scientific method or rational thought. I am a graduate student of physics and I found that modern medical science or the proponents of medicine…
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Does eating eggs break the precepts?
On the Buddhist days for eating vegetarian, as laypeople is it okay if we eat eggs? I hear people say that eggs grown for eating are not devoid of life. If eaten, is one guilty of killing?
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Theravada using mostly Vinaya and 4 Nikayas
There is a Buddhist monk from Theravada tradition that only follows Vinaya and the 4 Nikayas, he avoids talking about Abidhamma or other sources like Jakata Tales, he said some later stories contradicts the Buddha's teachings and gave some…
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"Anyone can be enlightened"
To my limited knowledge, in Zen, it is believed that anyone can be enlightened(if dedicated enough).
Does everyone have this potential in other branches of Buddhism?
Can everyone achieve this through meditation?
Is this what is meant by Buddha…
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Conflict between Brahmajala Sutta and current Buddhist practices
I'm very confused about this sutta ( http://suttacentral.net/en/dn1) specially in the part "Mahāsīla"
Many of what the Buddha stated as wrong livelihood is very common in some Buddhist centres these days, things like: Astrology, selling lucky gems,…
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Mindfulness Vs Void
On researching meditations I find several different aspects.
One side tells me to be aware of all my actions ( Breath, Stepping, Thinking )
Then I see another type where basically you remove all Mindfullness like entering a void, Blankness and…
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Buddhist "code of ethics" on talking about other religions
I took a friend interested in Buddhism to a centre. This person is Catholic and doesn't want to change that; she is very satisfied with her religion. However she was curious about Buddhism and specially meditation.
At the end she was a bit…
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Can someone regain a Beginners Mind when it has gone?
Shunryu Suzuki famously said in Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the
expert’s there are few
But if one's beginners mind has gone is it possible to regain it. If so what can one do to get a…
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How to reconcile 'You are already enlightened. There's no need to strive!' with 'You should strive for enlightenment. Purify your mind!'
There are some teachings that go along the lines of:
'You are already enlightened. You just need to realize it. Actually there's no need for you to do anything. If you try to strive for enlightenment you just end up falling into the trap of dualism.…
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Why is there even a way to the end of suffering?
There are the four noble truths and we know who and how he found and taught them. There are philosophical questions like where did the first Karma come from and so on, that are not quite conceivable to us beings. But out of curiosity I came upon…
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How do we unconditionally love and wish people the best?
Deep down, I know there is a core that wants to love everyone for who they are. No matter who they are to me, the world, no matter how terrible of a person they are, no matter how much they make me jealous.
The only problem is, the stuff in the…
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