DWQA Questions › Tag: BuddhismFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesWho or what was The Buddha, his mission on Earth, and how can Buddhism be reconciled with these channeled messages of the very existence of a Creator, let alone the encouragement of human partnership with Creator, when the Pali scriptures say the Buddha was only concerned about one primary matter, which was/is the complete cessation of freedom from suffering (dukkha) or the unshakeable freedom of mind, and that ultimately the Buddha rejected both theism and the soul theory because they are delusions and objects of attachment?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Human Potential418 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner writes: “I’ve never heard any Buddhist teacher talk about protection from beings. There is a story in the Pali Canon of when a group of monks were meditating in a haunted forest and were getting attacked by demonic type beings, and the Buddha taught them loving kindness and compassion meditations, and these beings were transformed by these meditations.” Is that all the Buddha was doing to stay safe? Will this work for the average person?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions453 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner asks: “As a longtime Buddhist practitioner and now a mindfulness teacher myself, I continue to struggle with trying to make sense of some of the core teachings in Buddhism. One of the three “marks of existence” that all Buddhist practices are centered around understanding through increasingly direct and deep insight/realizations on the path to enlightenment is “no self” or “not self” (annata), which includes that there is no such thing as a permanent, unchanging entity or “soul.” It is said that in his quest for enlightenment, the Buddha looked deeply for the “housebuilder,” the one behind the whole thing, this experience of “I, me, myself,” the doer, and he couldn’t find one, and found instead that all phenomena, including the experience of a fixed entity called a self or soul, were simply the result of interdependent causes and conditions coming together temporarily, including even consciousness itself, which arises temporarily to meet with sensory experiences (which includes the 6th sense of mind) and that this consciousness we experience, too, dies with the body. Of course, there is something that experiences rebirth, as Buddhism was very, very clear on that … Since the goal, enlightenment, involves the ONLY permanent death … The cessation of rebirth. One of my primary teachers stated that what gets reborn is not a “soul,” but our “habits.” I am really hoping that Creator can shed some light on these things, since the teachings of the Buddha are what I resonate with the most, and yet I am also an LHP practitioner and do believe in the divine realm and love the idea of having/being an “immortal soul.” The LHP itself I do see as basically a lovingkindness/compassion/sympathetic joy/equanimity (Divine Abodes) practice, and therefore an extension of Buddhist practice. I accept that especially because the teachings of the Buddha were not written down until hundreds of years after his death that they could have become corrupted, and that given the depth of dark manipulation on Earth they most certainly were. However, this teaching, that there is no soul, that there is no self, is basically THE most important teaching in all of Buddhism. The Suttas (sacred ancient Buddhist texts) quote the Buddha as saying, “Nothing whatsoever is to be taken as I, mine, myself. Whoever has understood this has understood all the teachings.” How are we to make sense of this?”ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions472 views0 answers0 votesMilarepa reportedly said: “For how can one practice patience, if there is no one to be angry with? And patience is the best means for attaining enlightenment.” Is the divine perspective truly that patience is truly the best means for obtaining enlightenment?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Human Potential305 views0 answers0 votesMilarepa achieved “enlightenment” in one lifetime. Buddha achieved enlightenment. Christ was clearly enlightened. Have these three “graduated” early or is their fate tied to the entire fate of humanity as well? If humanity is annihilated, will they too have to start over as Creator says humanity will have to do?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Human Potential318 views0 answers0 votes“In Buddhism, a tulpa is a spiritual double. This entity looks and sounds exactly like you. You can control it, or it can control you. It can act independently of you.” Is this phenomenon real, and described accurately, and can you explain its origin and its consequences?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Higher Self328 views0 answers0 votes
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