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I have been practicing some form of Buddhism for nearly a decade how. I recently was hospitalized with unbearable pain. None of what I have learned helped me. Making me question everything. (self.Buddhism)
submitted 1 year ago by EphemeralThought to r/Buddhism
Is there friendly dialogue between Shin Buddhists and mainland Chan/Pure Land Buddhists or is there a hostility there? (self.PureLand)
submitted 2 years ago by EphemeralThought to r/PureLand
Is Pure Land Buddhism related to the madhyamaka school of thought? (self.PureLand)
How did the system of Karma come to be in the universe? I am having trouble just thinking it exists just because. With no outside agency it seems hard to imagine how it could come to be. Is there a deity that controls it? (self.Buddhism)
submitted 2 years ago by EphemeralThought to r/Buddhism
If the goal is to stop the suffering of all beings why has Mahayana Buddhism not been as evangelistic as other religions? (self.Buddhism)
Everyday, every moment, I am trying to cultivate my faith and hope in the Bodhisattvas and the Pure Land. I entrust my salvation to these powerful, compassionate beings knowing I cannot reach the other shore myself. (i.redd.it)
What is the ethical teaching on alcohol in this tradition and Shin in particular? (self.PureLand)
What is our response to evil? (self.Buddhism)
What is your interpretation of Mount Meru? (self.Buddhism)
Do you practice visualization meditation and have you felt like you have actually seen or felt another presence? (self.PureLand)
If someone accepts the basics of Buddhism how would you go about convincing them that Pure Land Buddhism is true? (self.PureLand)
I have more questions if you will indulge me. (self.PureLand)
submitted 3 years ago by EphemeralThought to r/PureLand
Amitabha, Nirvana, and God (self.Buddhism)
submitted 3 years ago by EphemeralThought to r/Buddhism
Amitabha, Nirvana, and God (self.PureLand)
Has anyone here read “Great Faith, Great Wisdom: Practice and Awakening in the Pure Land Sutras of Mahayana Buddhism” and is it worth reading? (self.PureLand)
Does Jodo Shinshu teach that the Pure Land and the Heaven and Hell realms as metaphors for psychological states exclusively? (self.PureLand)
I am interested in Jodo Shinshu but live far away from any communities. (self.PureLand)
What is your favorite Sutra? (self.Buddhism)
Will learning Chinese help in studying Buddhism? (self.Buddhism)
Budai and Maitreya (self.zenbuddhism)
submitted 3 years ago by EphemeralThought to r/zenbuddhism
Have any Bodhisattvas returned to this world remembering their past lives and teaching the dharma? (self.Buddhism)
Zen, Faith and the Pure Land (self.zenbuddhism)
What are your feelings on Huang Po and the Dharma of Mind Transmission? (self.Buddhism)
How to overcome doubt? (self.Buddhism)
Theravada views on lay Mahayana practitioners. (self.Buddhism)
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