Buddhism culture and traditions

How do novice Tibetan monks meditate 23 hours a day?

What Buddha taught by his knowledge about human life?

Level of Focus in Anapanasati

Where can I find the Chinese Canon Agama in English translation?

Why our mind always live in habits? Why we are always making new habits? What will happen if habits are not formed?

Is there another term than "Mahayana"?

Wisdom in practice

What does Buddhism say about the "self"?

All sentient beings?

A path without long meditations?

Considering other traditions than Goenka Vipassana for better Right Effort, Right Concentration and Right Mindfullness

Dealing with extreme temperatures

Were psychedelics used in the past by Buddhists?

Does Mahayana Buddhism worship the Buddha as a God and, if so, why?

Is Buddhism in conflict with manliness?

How much should one eat when following the not-eating-after-noon precept?

Giving not outside in relation to merits, how should this proper perceived?

Is the Buddha nature nothingness or the Dharmakaya?

Noises in Meditation

Permanent brain damage can cause someone to loose their Arihathness?

Buddha as "lord" and Buddha as "choosing" his followers

Impermanence (Anicca) and Mindfulness in general

The World and Five Aggregates of Clinging

"Marks of Existence" and "Gates To Enlightenment", are they Same?

Does the Dalai Lama have bodyguards?

How does the Nimitta occur?

Is "nāma" an equivalent of the Western concept of "mind"? Is it used alone?

How to reconcile non-attachment in a Type-A, North American culture where work is life?

Keep motivation to stick on one meditation practice :Ven. Mahasi Saydaw

What happens if a monk is called for jury duty?

What Buddhist texts describe the doings of syncretized Hindu deities?

Is one intention better than the other?

How would Buddhists reply to this paradox of enlightenment

What is the goal of Meditation- is it increasing the gap?

Is it fine to learn Vipassana meditation online?

Does enlightenment mean achieving purity?

Is Lord Buddha's way applicable to escape from the 'Plato's cave'?

Why Buddha said "There is No God" and Later "There is God"?

How do I practice not-self or Anatta whilst talking?

Is the path of enlightenment consists 7 levels?

Which Buddhist schools give importance to cultivation of Jhanas?

How does rebirth work for arahant and non-arahants?

Is "Fake it 'til you make it" an acceptable Buddhist behavior?

Referencing MN 121, how to focus on the oneness dependent on the perception of the dimension of infinite space?

Knowledge as a bad thing

what those wrong views mean?

Was Alan Watts a Buddhist?

How should Buddhism be introduced to a country?

Buddhist Brahmachariya, Brahmin Brahmachariya, celibacy, chastity

Why didn't Buddhism become Popular in India in Lord Buddha's time?

English translation of Vipallāsakathā

Which suttas in the Pali canon give instructions for how to cultivate equanimity?

Why is life so important?

Does pasteurization count as cooking in prep of juices for after noon?

Interpretations of the fifth precept

Impermanence and suffering in Buddhism

It is said that arahants never dream. What are the textual sources for this claim?

Why don't we realise space instead of Nibbana?

Wholesome is absence of passion?

Are 'elements' defined as non-suffering?

Why should I study the Suttas?

Parents suppressing the teaching

Breath getting shorter and shorter

Difference between Equanimity which is diversified and Equanimity which is unified

Breaking Habitual Sin Through Understanding of Karma

What is the difference between a Vipassana Jhana and a Samatha Jhana?

Understanding Mindfulness through outwardly qualities

Is there a kind of "pop Buddhism"?

Prohibitions against eating certain animals?

Meaning of the Rooted Sutta

Transfering merits

Difference between mundane concerns of praise and honour/fame

Concentration with no object?

Did Gautama Buddha cease to exist after death?

What are the Pali translations for mindfulness?

Concept of Panchang Pranam in Buddhist culture

Are actions in computer games bad for karma?

Ultimate reality and tilakkhana

What weight has the kamma when forced to do bad things as a child?

pranayama unsettles my meditation practice

Is realizing anatta, will it help meditation?

Subtle sensations in Vipassana and Zen

Cetana and Karma

Why did Buddha praise the vedic Agnihotra as the foremost sacrifice?

Doubt and Criticism

Taking care of the dying

What is the substantial cause of an instance of consciousness?

Was the historical Buddha infallible?

Opinions and beliefs

In modern times what percentage of monks are female?

How was the Buddha Jayanti edition of the Tripitaka derived?

How should lay buddhists respond to amoral people?

Translation of Akkosa Sutta: Insult - ."He who repays an angry man in kind Is worse than the angry man"

Social Media and Right Speech

How can I be sure if the Buddha actually woke up?

How does Buddhism describe God?

Was it ever stated that monks can’t show their psychic powers to lay people?

Is procastinating lengthen the samsara?

Did Gotama (the Buddha) practise incest?

Resources to learn about yogacara buddhism

"Monks" includes everybody?

Proper way to ask a teacher to become their student

Sequence in the noble eightfold path

Who are your mother and father?

What does enlightenment actually entail in Shugendo?

What is the correct definition for Mindfulness?

A question on morality

Is vipassana outside a ten day retreat possible?

What is the story where some of the Buddha's followers commit suicide?

When one analyzes Saṅkhāras, where does 'unconditioned' fit in?

Multiple meditation practices

very strong cravings for compelling images of moving exciting images

Devas and their appearance

Can advances in neuroscience help attain enlightenment? Will it make Buddhist traditions obsolete?

Purifying my mind

Eightfold path & gender dysphoria

Is this desire, to not be friendless anymore, healthy?

Incoherent Meditations

all EBT sutta references to thina middha / sloth & torpor & drowsiness

Does Zen distinguish between concentration and insight meditation?

Is it possible to recognize a person who has achieved Arhatship?

How are Buddhists supposed to spread Buddhism?

How to evaluate hindrances?

What is the Origin and History of Milindapanha?

irrational fear of hell and damnation and spiralling, please help me?

Source: direct literary origin of "three things a Buddha can not do"?

Walking bare foot?

Reference points

Where can I read something more about Alara Kalama and Uddaka

Should a Buddhist advocate the learning of a martial art?

How to understand "Four great elements" in real life objects?

Girimananda sutta

Is all property communal for the monks?

How much should i try while meditating?

Is zazen practised for its own sake, or as a means to end suffering? Experts seem to say different things

Finding the source of a sutta

Does Paritta/Sutta really have magical power?

Buddhism and entrepreneurship

False Virtue and True Virtue

What does "intention" mean?

Why do so many traditions and religions have saint men who claim having attained enlightenment?

What is Destruction of Lay arahathood?

Should I do what I don't want to do?

Are absences empty / conceptual constructions, according to all Buddhists?

Is my Meditation Practice Too Busy?

Any advice on leg numbing during sitting?

Without reproducing, how is buddhism a proper belief in a world where resources are limited?

In the wheel of life, how can death be a condition for ignorance?

Flickering light during meditation

Was ascetic Sumedha with iddhi powers?

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