Domanassa & Dukkha in enlightened beings?
What is the difference between domanassa & dukkha? Does domanassa arise in enlightened beings? Does bodily dukkha arise in enlightened beings?
View ArticleAnicca, dukkha, Buddhism and depressive nihilism
(English is not my mother tongue, sorry in advance if I make mistakes)I am currently reading a philosophical book that I stumbled upon by chance, a unique work by a young (23yo) Italian of the early...
View ArticleBuddhism broke up my marriage
The title is provocative but sums up my problem: when I am immersed in Buddhist thought, I can no longer love my wife.Buddhism clearly contradicts romantic love. It tolerates it up to a certain point:...
View ArticleHow could the Buddha know that he had attained enlightenment when he didn't...
Having learned and gained complete mastery from the two most famous teachers of his time, he decided to apply extreme austerities for some six years. With these skills acquired, driving a powerful...
View ArticleIs suffering always present?
I'm reading Thich Nhat Hanh's "The heart of the Buddhist teaching". When discussing the three dharma seals he talks about misconceptions of suffering. He says that teachings where suffering is...
View ArticleHow can I smile when existence itself is dukkha?
I see many monks smiling ,which is a good thing, but logically speaking how can they smile when they know life is dukkha. Can you smile when you are watching somebody getting tortured ?My question is :...
View ArticleHow to get along
As we all know, Harmony in the Sangha is one of the most important attributes of the practicing community which necessarily live and work together. Yet, it is almost inevitable for people - imperfect...
View ArticleDoes duḥkha apply to animals too?
Life is inherently full of suffering. I wonder if the concept of dukkha applies to non-human animals.
View ArticleAre there anything to care about in this universe?
Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about dhamma ?If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.It is impermanant for...
View ArticleWhy is 'dukkha' included in one of the three marks of existence?
In this link and this link the Buddha says that "there is stress" (or suffering or whatever your preferred translation of dukkha is). The Buddha does not say that suffering (dukkha) is inherent or an...
View ArticleHow to practise without having aversion towards life?
Before I started studying Buddhism I had desire for life and desires for more in life. That eventually led me to inevitable and immense suffering and eventually to Buddhism.Now as I practise Buddhism...
View ArticleHow to stop rejecting / avoiding things?
I'm getting aversion when someone do things that I don't like. This happens when a person do and not on natural things like rain. But It is hard to recorgnise it as aversion because that aversion is...
View ArticleWhat does Buddhism say about Antinatalism? [duplicate]
Antinatalism is the view that it is ethically wrong to procreate any sort of sentient beings, be it human or otherwise because to exist means also to experience pain, pleasure, suffering, bodily...
View ArticleIs there a separate word for pain (in Pali) which the Buddha used to...
Re: The common saying ... "Pain is inevitable but suffering is a choice".Wherein by "dukkha" is meant everything from mild discomfort to intense suffering ...It occurs to me that the "pain" we...
View ArticleDefinition of Dukkha [duplicate]
What is the precise meaning of the word "dukkha", often translated as "suffering" in Buddhism?Is it correct to say that Buddhism gives a method to get rid of all sufferings, including the most basic...
View ArticleAnatta and the question of motivation
I am a layperson of protestant Christian background interested in buddhist thought and trying to clarify some of the basic concepts for myself. One of the stumbling blocks is understanding the...
View Article3 marks of existence: conditioned vs unconditioned things?
The Wikipedia page for "the 3 marks of existence" differentiates between "conditioned things" and "unconditioned things" like so:The three marks are:sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā—"all saṅkhāras(conditioned...
View ArticleDid the Buddha really say that "life is suffering"?
I often see the first noble truth (duḥkha) stated as "life is suffering". I have yet to come across a passage in a Buddhist text which phrases it like this - mostly they don't talk about "life" in this...
View ArticleShould dukkha be translated as `being unexpected`?
Dukkha is traditionally translated as suffering, but I heard from a scholar of Eastern history that it's better translated as being unexpected. In my interpretation (not just in what I heard), that...
View ArticleHow not to feel helpless against the fact dukkha is everywhere?
While meditating today, I realized that I am very very far away from attaining any kind of relief from suffering. In particular, I am referring to suffering from the endless/insatiable human condition...
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