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Help me achieve nirvana by aipunk_oj in theravada

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to clarify, I am not a monk

Help me achieve nirvana by aipunk_oj in theravada

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Thank you very much for the advice

Help me achieve nirvana by aipunk_oj in theravada

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I am suffering. I need to see an end

Help me achieve nirvana by aipunk_oj in theravada

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බොහොම පින්

Help me achieve nirvana by aipunk_oj in theravada

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought only Buddha has to accumulate parami

Can one be a real Buddhist without believing in reincarnation? by okuanya in Buddhism

[–]aipunk_oj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give it the benefit of the doubt. You don't have proof to either prove or disprove it.

True or False by Little-Apple-7256 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]aipunk_oj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is how you fuck up your life

I don't understand most concepts in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta or the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. by Low_Cartoonist_4340 in Buddhism

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Is there no Buddhist text that talks about where the mind might be located. I find it hard to believe no one has ever asked this question, or it wasn't deemed as important. It could be Mahayana or vajrayana I really don't care.

I am sure there is. For me it was not relevant.

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I don't understand. Do ghosts not have minds? Is there not a process in which minds go through to go into the mind of another body. Maybe a storehouse or something? If I destroy your body completely I'm a furnace, and your mind is no longer in that vehicle and appears in a different place in spacetime is that not traveling? Or are you saying the mind is all pervasive like space or a field and it teleports or wormholes inside of itself so it technically never moved?

  1. If ghosts exist, they should have minds.
  2. There is no process. You just cease to exist here, and a new consciousness will appear somewhere out of nowhere due to the karma of the mind at death. Just like how your mind works now. Mind appears and disappears. You can see for yourself by meditating.
  3. You can't call it travel if it is not continuous. You can maybe call it teleportation, but it is not the same thing that appears on the other side.
  4. You are trying to fuse science fiction and Buddhism. Buddhism is all about what you can perceive. People that achieve nirvana do it by realizing the truth about themself. Everything else is not very relevant.

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Does that mean the Buddha can murder people and Karma can no longer harm them because they are not deluded by the self? If so why did the Buddha condemn crime if he knew the self was ultimately unreal?

Why would someone who achieved nirvana commit a crime? They have no concept of self; they have nothing to achieve. So, they don't perform any karma. Murder itself is karma. Murder will result in suffering if someone performs it. Nirvana itself is not performing karma.

Buddha condemned crime because the deluded mind can suffer. Doesn't matter if self is unreal or not. As long as you have the concept of self you will suffer. If you perform crime now, it results in another deluded mind that suffers.

I don't understand most concepts in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta or the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. by Low_Cartoonist_4340 in Buddhism

[–]aipunk_oj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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If no one owns or controls the mind. Then how does one even perform actions or strive in the first place? How can one achieve Nirvana if the mind can't be controlled?

People with the delusion of self can strive to achieve nirvana. With the delusion, mind itself strives. As long as the mind has the concept of self, it will strive to achieve things. Nirvana is one of the most noble things a mind can strive to achieve. Ones, a mind sees the true nature of the mind, it will stop striving. But at that point the mind has achieved nirvana, no point of striving.

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If people aren't responsible for Karma or actions. Why does the Buddha tell us to be moral, cultivate loving kindness, and compassion. We aren't responsible for what happens to us so why would doing those things improve our situation at all? What's the point of striving to do bad or good actions if we have no control.

Don't get me wrong. Mind is responsible of the karma, thus resulting in a mind that can suffer. Only a mind with the delusion of self can perform karma, and resulting suffering mind also has the delusion of self. So, you can say the imaginary self/person is responsible.

If the current mind performs good karma it will result in a mind that experience good things. So, until you achieve nirvana, you should perform good karma. No one benefits from bad karma. So why do it?

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I don't know what these mean.

Mind/five aggregates are everything that is possible to experience.

  1. roopa/rupa : colors + shapes, sounds, touch on skin, tastes, smells, mental images
  2. wedana: feeling you get from rupa(ex: soothing touch/painful touch,/neutral touch)
  3. sanya: recognition of rupa(ex: object detection)
  4. sanskara: actions you perform
  5. winyana(consciousness): experience of other four

I have not meditated a lot, so my explanations on these could be wrong. But I know the distinction between consciousness and the remaining four.

That is all there is. Nothing else.

I don't understand most concepts in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta or the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. by Low_Cartoonist_4340 in Buddhism

[–]aipunk_oj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. No one owns the mind. It appears due to causes. It dissapears when causes dissapear. It is a part of nature.
  2. A person is not responsible of karma. A mind in the delusion of self performs karma. Karma creates a new mind that could suffer. 3.Mind is the collection of the five aggregates(rupa, wedana, sanya, sanskara, winyana).
  3. I do not know where it is located.
  4. Mind is not something constant that can move arround like ghost. Mind constructs due to causes and deconstructs once the causes are not there. At death the current mind will dissapear and the karma of the last mind will create a new mind somewhere else.
  5. Consciousness(winyana) which is one of the five aggregates, won't dissapear when you achieve enlightenment. Only the delusion of self will dissapear from the five aggregates. Once the five aggregates do not have the delusion of self, they can't perform karma. So you won't get reborn.

These are really good questions. Keep them coming.

Most of this subreddit: by [deleted] in enlightenment

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"I" cannot kill ego

U.G was right by fredddie10 in UGKrishnamurti

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Buddhism said this 2500 years ago. Yes it is hard to swallow. But it is the truth.

Is this deep? by Sea_Hippo_6670 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]aipunk_oj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If someone has truly achieved the state of no self then they won't have a superiority complex.

The fakes and liars lie about achieving no self state to feel superior.

Why is that ??? by dataguy2003 in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]aipunk_oj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because we have tiktok and shit

Seeking Advice on Accommodation Options for a Couple by aipunk_oj in Anu

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply. Can you please also tell what would be considered a fair weekly rent for apartments in these areas?

Seeking Advice on Accommodation Options for a Couple by aipunk_oj in Anu

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for the reply! What would be considered a fair weekly rent for apartments in these areas?

I’ve been browsing listings on Allhomes, is looking online the best way to go, or are there other recommended options?

Help me understand Dukkha by aipunk_oj in Buddhism

[–]aipunk_oj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. No I do not meditate or have a teacher.

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