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64 - Buddhism Questions & Answers #2

64 - Buddhism Questions & Answers #2

Update: 2024-05-10
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I received so many questions related to Buddhism, I have another episode! Learn what I think about these questions!


Chapters:


00:00 - Introduction


00:20 - How much time does it take to reach nirvana?


03:17 - How can I take the Triple Gem if there is no temple or master in my country - can I do it on my own?


05:33 - Can I be a Buddhist and also believe in God or Gods


08:14 - Is having a family encouraged? Is love for our children encouraged if all is sunyata?


11:21 - Who created the way kamma (karma) works? Who created the rules and places of reincarnation?


15:06 - Is the goal of Buddhism to have everyone become a monastic? Do you need to be one to attain nirvana?


18:16 - Is Amida (Amitabha) Buddha and the Pureland real?


22:56 - How practical are Buddha's teaching in today's world?


26:01 - Is it a must to have a Buddhist altar?


30:07 - Can you discuss what differentiates citta, manas, and vijnana, since they all tend to get translated as "mind"?


35:25 - What is different about Vajrayana? What are the three roots


41:51 - Explain mind only Buddhism.




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64 - Buddhism Questions & Answers #2

64 - Buddhism Questions & Answers #2

Alan Peto