Buddhism culture and traditions

Why does killing produce bad karma?

Why is Nanavira considered controversial?

What is the mandala of the ground?

Satipathanna sutta in audio English (long version)

Is there a list of things to abandon before abandoning craving?

Mindfulness With Breathing & Ear Pain

Do all Buddhists say that nirvana exists?

Alternatives to sitting meditation?

I am hearing buzzing, humming sound in silence. Is this problem with my ear or its progress in meditation?

Are there any alternative formulations of the five skandas?

How do enlightened people think?

How does stream entry occur?

What is the water filter of Koṇāgamana?

What is the difference between rebirth and reincarnation?

What are the verses relating to meditation in the Tripitaka? And to what type of meditation does it relate to?

Can an answer, while sakayaditthi is present, be intentional free of bias?

Severe sensations in throat during Vipassana

How are good and bad Karmas determined in Buddhism?

What are "Good / Correct things" to a Buddhist to do?

Buddhism and terminal illness

Is my reason for not gambling justified?

Is nirvana a process?

Is life not blessing or mystery but suffering in Buddhism?

What is the different between Nirodha Samapatti and Phala Samapatti?

Buddhist Centres in Paris?

Is there a thought in Buddhism which stand for the thinker itself as a thought?

What advice should i give for a person with self destructive thoughts?

Is causation (hetu) in SN 22.82 different to conditions (paccaya) in Dependent Origination?

Why did Yamaka have wrong view in SN 22.85?

Why is Buddhism a venture of a limited few?

Is it ok to watch a media that promote homosexuality?

Mental Fabrication and Empathy

Idea of the Breath

Does Buddhism claim to be only way to liberation?

Sutras says that there is nothing to attain: but is there a beginning to attaining nirvana?

What is the meaning of the Zen quote: "Before Enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water"?

Practical question - Meal prepping and Diet ideas for a lay buddhist

In Buddhism what is 'the will'?

How do monks live with medical conditions that require regular meals?

Which language will get you deeper into Buddhism, Pali or Sanskrit?

Dejection and Sensuality

Distinguishing Between Past Lives and The Active Imagination

Is homosexuality a sin?

Do ALL thoughts with lobha (craving), dosa (aversion) and moha (ignorance) create bad karma?

Can sankharas and craving arise without attachment?

What is the difference between Satipatthana and Vipassana?

Secular, Tradition or the pathway of the branches

How to deal with criticism?

Can good and evil live in harmony?

How to achieve stream entry in this very life?

Does anybody knows origin and reference Buddha teaches a bossy & angry the seven kinds of wifes

Sutta in which Buddha says that he/anyone don't have to take another person words?

Why does Guan Yin ride a dragon?

What is the authority of the Kathavatthu (points of Controversy) and the 3rd counsil?

What is ariya or noble?

Could Lobha(craving) and Dosa(aversion) be working in tandem?

Karma and one's own belief about the event

Is it a good or bad sign that meditation is sometimes a frightening and nervous activity?

Is ritual always a practice, or can it be a belief too?

Stream winner reborn as human

Is there an interpretation of the 12 nidanas that occurs just over one lifetime?

Buddhism and Novelty of Persons

How is possible that monks memorised 10.000 sutras?

How do you identify the 5 factors associated with Jhana?

How to Study the Suttas?

Should meditation be practiced without a goal?

Is S. Dhammika's book The Broken Buddha, a misleading angry reaction?

What is the difference between 'Witnessing the thoughts' vs 'Mindfulness of the thoughts'?

Buddhism and organ donation

A question on Mano

Meals in the afternoon and different time zones

Was is the difference between "uparujjhati" & "nirujjhati"?

Suchiloma Sutta translation

Does sutta recitation actually entail understanding of the text?

What did the Buddha said and taught about sharing demerit?

What is New Age Buddhism?

Does sottapana have perfect morality (sila)?

What are the rotating cylinders in monastries, and why are they there?

Before Buddhism, was there a way to escape from samsara?

Difference between "Becoming" and Anicca

Is clinging the reason for losing interest towards certain things?

How does one calm one's bodily fabrications?

Buddhism in ancient Arabic regions

How should a theravada centre approach the lay people for support?

Is our mind faster than light?

What is the relationship between Tathāgatagarbha and Buddha Nature?

Paramatha and samatha meditation

what is Mahaggataṃ citam? is it related to out of body experience?

Sunday-question: Learning Dhamma at working time, on other recource

Is experience dependently arisen?

Can someone be a monastic in their own home?

Is Mr. S. N. Goenka's Vipassana Meditation a Buddhist tradition?

How to continue practice with pain?

Does Nibbana mean not self?

What did Buddha mean by the words "tranquillising the bodily formation" in the Anapanasati Sutta?

First cause, appearances and mind

Buddhism: Morality & Biology

Why do we believe it?

Taking Refuge in the Dhamma

Is austerity necessary in Buddhism?

Accurate and Concise Translation of Dhamma Qualities

Advice for a young person living in a western city

Questions on Cakkavala in Buddhist Cosmology

Is our surroundings affecting our ability to concentrate the mind?

Definition of perception

Can cold showers benefit or harm our practice (our concentration)?

Can a military career be ethical?

Feeling others thoughts

Do we reincarnate into similar or polar-opposite lives

Does mind ever stop?

Why isn't the S(h)urangama sutra more popular?

Does Buddhism give methods to ask questions when you are proliferating?

Explaining the 6th fetter?

Did the historical Buddha explicitly teach and/or endorse Kasiṇa (meditation)?

What is the historical basis for the buddhas examples of "wrong livelihood"?

Is eating an apple from a tree planted right next to a granddad's tomb not permitted?

Can an objective criticism of somebodies work, which might hurt feelings, violate 'Right Speech' precept?

Maintaining the emotional state achieved in meditation through the rest of the day

Is fourth precept personal and depends on the individual?

Buddhist Perspective on Value, Sentiment, Attraction?

The kamma of silence and/or "not acting"?

Did lord buddha preach not to get angry even if a leg is cut?

Why we must have a confident mind?

Question about the Pitāpūtrasamāgama-sūtra

Is a Ghatika an ideal minimum meditation duration?

Which path might be appropriate for me?

Are Aksobhya and Bhaisajyaguru the same buddha?

Vipassanā Without Samatha?

Does Buddhism cause longevity?

What Buddhist babies' names or meaning should be?

Mindfulness in Everyday Activity

Nature of True Cognition

How to begin to practice vipassana meditation?

What is The Prediction as defined by the Mahayana tradition?

Color perception in meditation

Is their any reference in buddhism about time travell and parallel universe travell?

Are ecological concerns supported explicitly in Buddhism?

Do we need to cheat the mind to escape thoughts which would lead to bad habits?

Vipassana Meditation

How can consciousness arise without the fuel?

How should a buddhist behave when he&she is treated unfairly?

Do any Buddhist traditions emphasize pilgrimage?

Do domesticated animals have control over their karma?

Nagarjuna and the Schools

Is there a point practicing mantra if I can get to samadhi with pure anapana/breath meditation?

Does Theravada Buddhism accept Jataka Stories?

The knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth

love and caring is suffering

What is the difference between access and absorption in Vipassana meditation?

Is Buddha Nature the original state, i.e. Awareness/ Consciousness without Existence?

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