Buddhism culture and traditions

Buddhism and economics

Mahayana - Advaita - Theravada realisations

Does buddhism allow for families?

Questions About Pleasure in Visual Senses

Is vegetarianism compulsory/obligatory in Nicherin Buddhism?

Loving-Kindness for Concentration

Vinaya Rule of a Monk saying he's an arahant

What is meant by this description of a type of person in the suttas?

Did eating less cause dietary problems for ascetics like Buddha?

What are the things that the enlightened people know but others don't?

What meditation practice will allow me to sleep less and focus more?

Doing a wrong thing for the right reasons?

mind is like illusionist

The actualization of Anatta

A question about DN 23 and existence of soul

Buddha Sasana of Ariya Maitreya Buddha

Is the Pali Canon the only canon in modern Buddhism?

Does SN44.9 imply an intermediate state between births?

Sampajañña: what is the correct action?

Tibetan Buddhism:Recieving inititation in India/Tibet

Methods for reaching Jhana

Insight in Buddhism

Can you help me identify this English translation of The Gateless Gate?

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

The Buddha and the Cycle of Life

If A is killed by B due to A's past karma of killing B, will B suffer from this karma of killing A?

Starting studying again

How can I forget my old girlfriend?

What is the Karmic Effect of Harsh Speech?

Avoiding neck pain

How can one verify reincarnation?

What are the core Mahayana and Vajrayana Sutras?

How does the path according to Sheng-yen compare with scholastic Buddhism?

What is zen sickness?

How can I tell the difference between the Deva realm and the Buddha and bodhisattva realms?

Meditate about friend's death

Is mindfulness the path or the goal?

Is there a point for a not continues practice?

Buddhism in context, differences through SE Asia?

What did the Buddha mean by the four types of reasoning in his advice to the Kalamas?

Which Animal corresponds to which Buddha?

If no sentient being exists, for whom is there compassion? 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life' by Santideva

Ways of Raising Energy

Sunyata is the truth and compassion is not an illusion?

Why must we not wear a hat or cap when listen or teach Dhamma?

Being a monstery monk while training in career online?

What are the relevant vinaya guidelines if a bhikkhu was to find a likely abandoned dwelling?

Bodhidharma leaving for china

Health Questions Regarding the Ordained

What is meant by statement "the one who sees Dhamma sees dependent origination"?

Meaning of the Pali-word "sampajanasi"?

Is there any mention of child adoption in any Buddhist writings and what is the view on child adoption with regard to Buddhism?

Scholarship and Buddhism

Do you know of a Buddhist text explaining why living in a community?

Is Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra later creation?

I want to leave my mother

Is there a Buddhist 'noninterference' concept?

When one enters and remains in cessation of perception and feeling during death where in 31 planes of existence will he go to?

How is sexual misconduct explained in regards to the five precepts?

Would Buddhists object if Gautama Buddha were seen as a Prophet by Islam

Do you know of sutta references to maraṇa-s-sati 💀 (remembering death) not already on this list?

Dilemma about Money

Interacting with monks in Thailand

Is there anything one can do to save the deceased from the consequences of their Kamma?

Is repeating words in mind necessary to some meditations in Theravada? Why or why not?

Buddhism and terminal illness

Buddhadasa and the continuity of suffering beyond physical death, without rebirth

Identification with form

Did anyone ask the Buddha what their rebirth will be?

Escaping alone is not enough

Is liberation possible for those practicing unskillful means?

A scientific error of the Buddha?

Spiritual & 'Worldly' Pleasures

Ignoring Someone as Wrongful Speech

Mindfulness Vs Void

What does "ease" mean in the phrase "dharma gate of ease and joy"?

Is Buddhism a religion without God?

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

Can super Buddhists eat bread?

Does the universe ever end?

can any one please explain me the significance of Talipot fan in Buddhism?

Splitting Up Meditation Time

What is the meaning of ditthi visuddhi?

There is a text where Buddha says that the Dharma he teaches is not a secret doctrine so why are there sects which maintain secrecy?

What does it mean to 'advert' to the factors of jhana after emerging from jhana?

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

Do you have to become a Monk to attain enlightment?

What is volition?

Recognition of Ignorance on a Topic

Looking for a historical text or a contemporary study of such text on how it is that this world is or isn't a "pure land"

AN 4.233 what exactly is the relation between kamma, saṅkhārā?

Is our success predestined by our past karma?

How to show compassion for attention-seeker

What is opinion of Nichiren Buddhism on the concept of a Creator or Supreme Being?

Motivation and long-term practice

How does Buddhism explain consciousness if there is no self?

Different Reasons of Dhamma's Decline

What Buddhist materials describe how to increase the number of people with good Karma in a geographic area?

Compassion for all sentient beings

Is it possible to have awareness without a self-sense?

Are eating raw oysters a violation of the first Precept?

Does Theravada Buddhism encourages animal release?

What does the word 'nimitta' ('sign') refer to in SN 47.8?

Doubting the quick attainments of the Mahasi Tradition

why the disciples of the buddha introduced the buddism?

Minimum common grounds for all sotapanna and all arahant

Non appearance of dhammas to note during meditation

What to do if (somehow involuntarily) one kills an animal?

How important is constancy in meditation practice?

In what timeframe was Jataka tales added to Kuddaka Nikaya?

How prevalent are siddhis in buddhism?

Rebirth, transfer of memories, what is it?

New to Buddhism

Is anything ever complete?

What does Śāripūtrābhidharma Satipatthana sources mention about food? Does other Theravada source have such references?

What is the reasoning for making a buddhist statue out of gold?

Criticism of atman and the vessel analogy

Is this the correct translation and exact meaning of these epic verses in Tripitaka?

Are there Material Differences of Current Theravada Teachings with Pre Sectarian Buddhism?

Intuition in Buddhism

Isn't it insane Bodhidharma cut his own eyelids?

Are there any exceptions to the first precept?

Signlessness seems to be contradictory to Buddhism

Harmlessness as the highest form of generosity?

Is there a difference between the 32 physical characteristics and the the 32 physical marks?

Can we define craving without mentioning self?

What is the role of karma in the wheel of becoming?

Homeless but not a monk

How was oration performed in ancient times?

Meditation and good deeds vs clarity of mind during death

How does Buddhist Logic work?

How is liberation achieved?

Reference request: three types of actions

Are the movie Fight Club, and Project Mayhem in it, buddhist?

Is working for a big corporation invariably wrong livelihood?

Anyone know about the use of the skull for magic in the Burmese traditions?

Theravada and Nagarjuna

What Buddhist texts describe the doings of syncretized Hindu deities?

Does the Vinaya forbid drinking while giving or listening to dhamma talks?

How do I do "contemplation of death" meditation? And is it dangerous?

First Effort in "Right Effort"

Does viewing consciousness as "real thing" bring suffering?

Science, the largest current religion, is it truth or does one follow actually on blind faith?

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

Modern vs traditional Zen

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

How to apply meditation in the following difficult situations

Pali Canon: Did the Buddha ever offer teachings without being asked to?

Vipassana meditation comes naturally; Samatha meditation incredibly hard.

Mutually Exclusive Approaches

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