Unanswered Questions
140 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Transcription of Yamāntaka mantra chanting fragment
I am a total outsider not well-versed in the Buddhist tradition, and apologize in advance if some of the terms/names I'll write are placed out of context or misused.
To cut the story short, I am ...
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Maitreya Bodhisattva's Aṭṭha Parikkhāra
I recently got to know (as written at this link) the Aṭ��ha Parikkhāra (eight requisites) to be given by the Maha Brahma to Maitreya/Metteyya Bodhisattva at the time of the renunciation has already ...
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Did Buddha ever taught about the Trisvabhava?
I am learning Mahayana. Today I came across a question on web “ Why Buddha taught Trisvabhava or three natures?”.
I was surprised because reality is empty of any essence but I found the word svabhava ...
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Who is the artist that painted the '9 Stages of Samatha Meditation' painting?
The following Tibetan Buddhist (thangka) painting is a version of a visual representation of the 9 Stages (~11 stages) of Samatha meditation. Who is the original artist who painted it? It would have ...
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What path does B. Alan Wallace teach?
I am long time student of Chogyam Trungpa. Unfortunately, the current situation at the sangha (now Shambhala International) is in a state of chaos. I am interested in becoming B. Alan Wallace's ...
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In the trisvabhava theory, is the consummate nature inflected by past present and future conditions?
In the trisvabhava theory, is the consummate nature inflected by past present and future conditions? Or is it always the same and independent of causal conditions?
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Monkey Year Teaching (Drikung-Kagyu)
My questions concern Monkey Year Teaching held by Kagyu lineage (Great Phowa of Chagtsugma).
Is this type of Phowa similar for all Monkey Year Teachings held through the Kagyu lineage?
What is the ...
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References for the history of Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a renowned Mahayana text and the source of many ideas, prayers and practices, down to today, particularly the Bodhisattva ideal, Bodhicitta, and practices for ...
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A question on Mano
In Nanavira's Notes of Dhamma on Mano:
Note that just as the eye, as cakkhāyatana or cakkhudhātu, is that yena lokasmim lokasaññī hoti lokamānī ('[that] by which, in the world, one is a perceiver and ...
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Latent tendencies, memories of this life and brain damage, dementia
This question is from the Theravada perspective only.
How are memories of this life stored and recalled? Is it stored in the physical brain?
There is the concept of latent tendencies (anusaya). ...
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Path of Purification summary?
Does anyone know of a good summary of the Visuddhimagga?
Is "Loosening the Tangle" A meditator’s guide to the Visuddhimagga by Ian Rose a good summary?
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Which translation of Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20 is mentioned in Wikipedia?
Wikipedia mentions the following translation of Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20 without mentioning a source:
There is nothing whatsoever of samsara distinguishing (it) from nirvana.
There ...
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Visual representations of the Tripitaka
Are there visual representations of the Tripitaka? Its threefold division suggests a correspondence of vinaya to "body", sutta to "soul", abhidhamma to "mind", a rather ...
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Example of Pali Tripitaka in PDF online (How does it's layout look)?
A while back I asked How is the romanized Pali Tipitaka on tipitaka.org formatted? and now I am back at it, trying to reason through how the XML on tipitaka.org is organized. I would like to see an ...
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How to become a monk in Bangladesh?
I've read some texts on Buddhism and I want devote myself to it. I want to learn meditation.
How can I do that?
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