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First Lay Teachers
I'm hearing of lay people becoming enlightened by the Buddha but did any of them become Lay Dhamma Teachers? When where the first lay teacher(s) of the eightfold path?
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What is the Noble Eightfold Path?
Where is the Noble Eightfold Path found in the Pali Canon? Are there significant differences among the traditions in its interpretation?
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Being mindful sitting/working on a computer
I find being mindful while sitting on a computer very hard.
Most movements with mouse/keyboard are happening so fast and intuitive that it's very hard to be conscious of what the actual intention (by clicking on/typing this or that) is; often this…
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How can the idea of reincarnation be true if all the information of who we are is already destroyed
Because our consciousness can only persist in our brain. When the brain is destroyed, our consciousness is destroyed as well. We become no one. How can the idea of reincarnation be true if all the information of who we are is already destroyed. We…
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Where do Hell Guards fall?
While searching some Buddhist inspired pictures of Naraka I often found hell guards torturing others... Question is where are they on the rebirth cycle. Are they ausras? And if they are created to hurt people how can they ever find a good rebirth.
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How important are incense and candles to a meditation practice?
What is the function of incense and candles to a meditation practice? Are they used in all types of meditation or only some types?
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What is known about the years of oral tradition of the Pali Canon?
With the Buddha teaching for 45 years before he passed into parinibbana, what is known about the methods and practices used to keep his teachings alive until they were written down? Do we know how many people were involved in this effort? How was…
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How is the faculty of persistence developed?
I see a lot of texts hailing this quality, but I have not seen any practical advice on how to actually cultivate the quality.
In a similar vein, how do you banish laziness?
For example, I have plenty of downtime, which is basically me being lazy and…
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Not listening to parents is bad karma?
This is something that I keep hearing from my grandmother that annoys me so much. Although I am of age (26 to be precise), I am still expected to listen to almost every word that my parents say (at least according to my grandmother).
Not to bring…
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Is there an eBook reader compatible Tripitaka?
I would like to know if there exist a PDF version of Tripitaka which is compatible with an eBook reader(Kindle, Kobo alike)?
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Buddhism and economics
In the present context of the world, the chain of economics and happiness as I see it is, money is necessary to fulfill one's basic necessities (even if not luxuries), to earn money we need jobs, to make jobs we need to manufacture things, to sell…
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How Does Buddhism Handle Internal Conflict
Few years ago, family put matrimonial ad in newspaper in India. We thought we selected nice person, but turns out he was abusive, unfaithful, and only wanted green card. Worse, he made me have miscarriage.
Now, I wish to move on with my life. One…
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Killing a bigger animal causes more bad karma than killing a smaller animal?
I know that killing virtuous beings is a grave bad karma. But when it comes animals, virtue is irrelevant. I have heard from monks that bigger the animal greater the sin it is to kill it. How is that so? Why does physicality matter at all? Isn't it…
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Why is dukkha bad?
I know this question maybe sounds odd and like a tautology, but in Buddhism the word dukkha seems to mean both the objective 'property' of being not satisfying and the subjective suffering. So is the goal to experience dukkha objectively, but not…
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What is the difference between a Bodhisatta and a Bodhisattva?
Lots of Buddhist words have two different spellings (kamma/karma) because one is the Pali version and the other is the Sanskrit version; but the meaning is the same. My understanding of Bodhisatta and Bodhisattva though, is that they have different…
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