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Frequently asked questions on Buddhism
Type : Buddhist teachings
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| Helpful answers to common questions on Buddhism and its teachings...
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The Mindful Way
Author: Buddhist Video
Type : Buddhist teachings
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Television program on Buddhism with an interview with Ajahn Chah.
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Dukkha
Type : Glossary
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Dukkha literally souring. Translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness. Dukkha is experienced when we are unawakened.
Things don’t happen according to our wishes and desires. Nothing in this world goes the way we want it to. every now and then something accidentally pleases us, but all of us are aware of countless things that don’t fit in with our wishes. Wars, starvation, the political messes, economic exploitation — none of these things are according to our wishes. This is dukkha. And, coming closer to home, we can see that our bodies get old, get sick, fall apart. Our bodies don’t go the way we want them to, either; they aren’t the way we want them to be. This is dukkha. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
One of the three characteristics of existence anicca, dukkha, and anatta?..
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Anatta
Type : Glossary
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Anatta literally not-self. Bad translation no Soul no Ego. Experience; belief of self is so deep it's thought of as real.
One of the three characteristics of existence anicca, dukkha, and anatta.
In a materialistic unawakened life, existence becomes sour (dukkha), impermanent (anicca) & not self (anatta).
In an awakened life, existence is free from dukkha, free from impermanence & free from both self & not-self — Buddha...
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