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Decoding Mysteries Of Nature And The Universe

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1. What early Indian sages explain about the world?

2. If there is no self or a soul, then how rebirth exists?

3. What is the meaning of worship to a sage?

4. What is the definition of a living being?

5. How permanent enlightenment is possible?

6. What things truly exist in the universe?

7. How does Buddhist reach Nirvana?

8. Who founded Buddhism?

9. Does Lord Buddha have any desire to teach the path to eternal happiness?

10. Who are divine beings and how can you be reborn as a divine being?

11. What is the definition of enlightenment?

12. Is life easy for an enlightened person without any desires?

13. Can a person feel his own sequence of consciousness?

14. How many enlightened humans are there?

15. Why don't many people want enlightenment?

16. Did Lord Buddha stated that starting a family is an unskillful thing?

17. Why are some people rich and some people poor? How Karma and rebirth work?

18. What is Karma?

19. Why were there so many supernatural things in history, but not today?

20. What is giving charity (or donation) and how to get the best possible positive Karma from a donation?

21. Why are extremely evil people living so happily while ruining other people’s life?

22. Can internet-age people reach enlightenment in this life?

23. According to Buddhism what is the smallest particle everything consists of?

24. Who is Bodhisattva?

25. Which school of Buddhism should I study?

26. Does life begin at conception? How does rebirth occur?

27. What is Meditation?

28. What is a strong mind?

29. How to do Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation?

30. If one meditates all of his life as some Buddhist monks do, isn't he throwing away his life?

31. What is Pali Canon, Sutra or Tripitaka ?

32. What is Abhidhamma or Buddhist Metaphysics?

33. Where is the origin of the universe?

34. What is the size of the universe? How much is the Buddha’s domain?

35. How long will it take to destroy and reform a solar system unit?

36. What is the structure of a Solar System ?

37. Are men superior to women?

38. Does creator god exist?

39. Do Buddhist worship a god?

40. Do humans come from apes? Is evolution theory correct?

41. What's going to happen when you die?

42. When a person dies, is there a thing we can do for him?

43. What is science (scientific method) when compared to Buddhism (Buddhist way)?

44. Will mankind ever attain perfection and live forever?

45. What is the time? Is time travel possible?

46. Is there such a thing as right and wrong?

47. Is it okay if I don't care about the afterlife?

48. Do Atheists go to a hell world?

49. Can we have faith without doubt?

50. How do we motivate ourselves in obeying rules that makes our life more virtuous?

51. Is it possible to know in advance how long you are going to live?

52. Is this world fake?

53. What is the meaning of life?

54. Should we think about death?

55. Why does a good person suffer?

56. How can I pray according to Buddhism?

57. How to astral project?

58. Are we determined to have the parents we have now?

59. How to check which religion is right?

60. What are the keys to a fulfilling life?

61. How suffering is Hell?

62. How does the brain and mind work?

63.  Is it beneficial to believe in Gods?

64. How to see sprites?

65. Can I purchase someone's soul?

66. Will death resolve all of my issues?

67. How bad is killing an animal?

68. How do Buddhists believe all life started?

69. What Does Arahant being Look like?  What are the qualities of an Arahant being?

70. What were Buddha's political and economic views?

71. What are steps to happiness?

72. When and how did Gautama Buddha pass away?

Nature theories have revealed! Answers for most unanswere...

Nature theories have revealed! Answers for most unanswered questions in science and human history is here. 





How mind and brain work?Is life only on earth?

Does life begin at conception?

What is the most basic partial of the nature?

How much size is universe?

What is the time?

Does creator god exist?

Are men superior to women?

What is the meaning of life?

What happen after death?

How to die without any fear?

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Does true love exist?

Ultimate true love can’t be exist within a couple or family. But, true love (it should be compassion) can exist in noble beings.Why true love can’t be exist within a couple?Love between a couple is a developed selfish mental factor. If a girl see his boyfriend is doing romantic conversations with another girl, her love does not exit any more. So, it can't be a true love. (But, chastity is exist and treated as a compulsory moral virtue.)Think about a mother. If her baby hit her or blame her still her love is not decaying. So, mother's love seems a true love. Still this is not an ultimate true love. If another woman's baby blame, she may get bit angry. Mother's love only become true love for her babies.But, noble beings spread lowing kindness to all beings without any limitation. We can understand how noble being's love(compassion) look like in the 'The Discourse on Loving-kindness'A noble being's love spread without any limitation such as;"Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,The seen and the unseen,Those living near and far away,Those born and to-be-born —May all beings be at ease!"Also, this love is similar as a mother's love, who protect her own baby by putting her life as second thing. But in the noble being's case this love is spread to all beings not only to a specific people or group. Noble beings don't only think about happiness of this life instant. But, they think about happiness of very long cycle of death and rebirth. This life is like a instance when compare to the cycle of rebirth(Samsara).Buddhism explains Loving kindness as a powerful weapon. When a person living with spreading loving kindness, others can't harm him. You may think this as a fantasy. But this really work.We normally always be in angry with our enemies. Our angry feeling powers, allow others to harm us. But, if we are truly spread loving kindness to our enemies they can't harm us. When we spread loving kindness we receive protection from all directions. There is a nice story to explain this. There was a cow giving milk to her baby calf. Then an hunter shoot an arrow to the cow, but arrow could not reach the cow since her loving kindness to the baby.(This is only an Example. Please don't try this. If the cow is in angry mood or if it don’t have enough loving kindness power, arrow will reach her. But, you can try spreading loving kindness to your enemies.)I sometimes do loving kindness in direction wise, such as;"Me all all beings in my front direction; No one may not harm others!, No one may not angry with others!, everyone may wish other's happy. Me and all beings may have ultimate happiness Nirvana""Me all all beings in my back direction...."Similarly; right direction, left direction, front sub direction(if you face to north this is north-east), back sub direction, right sub direction, left sub direction, below direction, up direction. (Also you can do like north, west, east, west,.... But you have to aware about directions and clearly imagine direction and all beings become non harming to each other)We can do loving kindness in different ways.Such as direction wise as above. Range wise, such as;All beings in New York, all beings in USA, all beings in Earth, all beings in our solar system, all beings in thousandfold world systems, all beings in our galaxy, all beings in the infinite universe.
If a couple do loving kindness to each other they can live like a God and Goddess. If a employee do loving kindness to his managers and directors he will receive many promotions. If a minister do loving kindness to beings in his district he will receive many votes in an Election. If a president do every action expecting his people's happy and spread loving kindness to his people, he will hold the president post for a long time.

How to scientifically prove the existence of Gods?

Let's think about invisible beings (such as spirit, demons or divine beings). To prove scientifically, we have to create an hypothesis which should be able to replicate by scientists and experiments must result the same thing. When scientists find a new kind of animal they have the death body. So other scientist can see the same thing(death body). There is an evidence.According to the mythical facts invisible beings have a different kind of material (I call those as fine materials) which we can't see. When an invisible being born their body suddenly arise(with a Karmic power) and when they die their body vanish without any evidence. So, there is no scientifically testable thing even in fine materials. So, it is almost impossible to prove them scientifically. But we can make some hypothesis with use psychic powers gain from higher meditation as a tool.Here is my proposal of scientifically proving existence of higher beings.Steps;1)Group of scientists do Samata meditation and get Eight Attainments(Ashta-Samapatti) and Five Supernormal Powers(Pancha-Abhigna) Levels of Meditation.2)Then this scientists group go to a heavenly world with their psychic powers(and remember their goal without attracting to goddess). They can't just tell that there are heavenly worlds and divine beings. Since they don't have any evidence.3)With psychic powers extort a diving being.4)Safely come back to the human world.5)Make a psychic jail(which other scientist can't see) and put him.6)Force him to show appearance.7)Then other scientist have to investigate with all of electromagnetic wave cameras. Have to prove he is not a human magician.Here is my prediction of what will happen then;Final conclusion about the experiment.Some higher meditators claim they can bring a divine being from a heavenly world. But when scientist check those with all possible ways he it just a human magician but having some unusual huge radiations. Next day after the experiment. News from the television. “Huge earthquake happen and lot of humans died. Government ask help from other countries.”So, you can understand that there is no way to prove it scientifically. Scientific method can't prove every aspect of nature.Spirit photography - WikipediaIs rebirth after death scientifically proven?Buddhism vs. Science

How permanent enlightenment possible?

Now, we all talk about permanent spiritual enlightenment. But, if Lord Buddha could not find and teach the path, we will only blindly follow science as thinking permanent enlightenment is not possible. I am not talking about spirituality, moral virtue or temporary blocking  defilement  with higher meditation Jhana levels. I am talking about permanent enlightenment (Nirvana). Even if we practice moral virtue for a long time without knowing ‘Three Marks of Existence’ and ‘Four Noble Truths’ it will just only a temporary higher moral virtue.Lord Buddha shows that, there are nine beyond world things('Nine supermundane things' / Nava-lokuttara-dhamma). So, Permanent enlightenment is possible in four levels since these special kind of mental consciousnesses. Once after any one experience those consciousness he reach enlightenment permanently in some levels. Please read; Four stages of enlightenment - Wikipedia Nine super-mundane things (Nava-lokuttara-dhamma) Sotapatti-magga-citta and Sotapatti-phala-cittaWhen a being experience these two consciousnesses, he become to a Stream-enterer (Sotapanna) who is free from; Identity(Self) view, Attachment to rites and rituals, Doubt about the enlightenment and Lord Buddha's awakeness.Sakadagami-magga-citta and Sakadagami-phala-cittaBecome Once-returner (Sakadagami) who has greatly attenuated Sensual desire and Ill will.Anagami-magga-citta and Anagami-phala-cittaBecome Non-returner (Anāgāmi) who is free from Sensual desire and Ill will.Arahatta-magga-citta and Arahatta-phala-cittaBecome an Arahant who is free from all of the five lower fetters and the five higher fetters, which are: Craving for prosperity in the material world, Craving for existence in the ideal world (heaven), Conceit, Restlessness, IgnoranceNirvanaAfter passed away from the last body his consciousness reach to a permanent happy status called as Nirvana.There are four pairs which we can't separate. If any one could experience Magga-citta he will definitely experience Phala-citta in the Chitta stream without any delay. When we do a Karma result come with some delay. But for Magga-citta resultant Phala-citta come instantly. It is said that if any one could experience Magga-citta just moment before the world end, the entire world ending process will delay till he experience the Phala-citta. Magga-citta is so powerful it can stop the world ending for a instant. (Lokuttara Citta: 2 definitions)Magga-citta is the final result of all Threefold Training. When a being practice Threefold Training his mind become clear and clear about Four Noble Truths. At a good instant he experience Magga-citta. This Magga-citta is the 'Antarik Concentarion' as in 5th stanza in The Jewel Discourse.Think about an aggressive river. It is known that, at a certain portion of deep places of this river, there are four large gems together on the bottom. If a clever person stop the movement of water in that portion of river and clean, then water become calm and transparent. At a good instant he will see that there are four gems, then all of his doubts vanished. This is the instant he experience Sotapatti-magga-citta. Four gems are Four Noble Truths. Calm water means mind concentration. Clean water means mind without mental defilement.Also, those who have experienced first level or more, know they are already enlightened. But may be they don’t know the English word enlightenment. Sometime they will not be able to explain it with words.

What are the principles of Buddhism?

1. What early Buddhists believe (As Lord Buddha’s teaching) ?There are totally 31 types of realms in the universe (and infinite number of world systems). Such as Brahma realm, Deva realm (heavens), Humanan realm, Animal realm, Ghosts realm (Pretaloka) , Hell realms (Narakaya) etc. (Science believes only two types from all of these realms, those are human realm and animal realm). Living beings are infinitely rebirth in these realms (Cycle of rebirth is known as Saṃsāra). Most often living beings are living in hells as their home, but rarely come to human or heavenly realms but again go to hells or to suffering realms. (Rarely, negligible number of them reaches a permanent happy status known as Nirvana. Nirvana or ‘Spiritual Enlightenment’ is completely different from heaven or paradise as in Christianity and some other religions. It is a mental status not a physical place.)Life on any one of the 31 realms has three characteristics below;1) Impermanent (known as Anicca).2) Suffering (at Birth, Ageing, Death, Sorrow,..etc.) compared to the ultimate happy (known as Dukkha).3) Non-self; just combinations of non-materiel and material things exist as generations without any permanent part but visible as a living being (known as Anattā).These three characteristics are known as the Three Marks of Existence. Noble beings perfectly understand these characteristics. Existence in any world is suffering relative to the ultimate happiness. This is the First Noble Truth (The Truth of Suffering) in summary.Always, living beings (including heavenly beings) are in delusion (or in wrong views) with their different kind of cravings (avarice / Tanhā) and defilements (Kleshas). So, they can't be aware of noble truths. Every kind of cravings causes a rebirth (explained in a later answer) and suffers. This is the Second Noble Truth (The Truth of the Origin of Suffering) in summary.The only answer to these sufferings is enlightenment (reach Nirvana). It is permanent and without sufferings. This is the Third Noble Truth (The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering) in summary.If anyone could understand these things (Four Noble Truths, Three Marks of Existence) perfectly and clearly just as we see something by our own eye, then he will be awakened from that instant with experiencing special kind of consciousness(Magga-citta). Then after the end of his current life he will reach to a permanent status of happiness known as Nirvana (he will not rebirth in any world again).There are only two types of self-awaking known as Sammā-Sambuddha (Lord Buddha) and Pacceka-Sambuddha. They are very rare (at most five Sammā-Sambuddha are found in one world cycle, in the last hundred world cycles only seven Sammā-Sambuddha has come into existence in our generation of world cycles). There is a path which Sammā-Sambuddhas teach, known as the Noble Eightfold Path. Which by following, a being can attain Nirvana with a small effort compared to the self-awaking. (Lord Buddhas never recommended everyone to become a Lord Buddha. It is very suffering for a very long time in the Samsara; such as enough time to donate own blood more than the amount of water in the sea. Also he can be completely forget the goal. So, Mahayana Buddhism is not a Buddha's teaching).Noble Eightfold Path can be split in to three steps known as "Threefold Training". Moral virtue (Sīla) is the first step to the eternal happiness Nirvana. Moral virtue is required to have higher concentration of mind or tranquility of mind (Samādhi), and Samādhi is required to have a higher wisdom (Paññā). Higher wisdom is required to completely realize the reality (Four Noble Truths). This is the Fourth Noble Truth (The Truth of the Way) in summary.Another important concept of pure Buddhism is “act and result” (known as Karma). We can make our lives less suffering (happy) in the cycle of rebirth by doing good deeds (Positive-Karmas). If someone does good deeds, he will receive happy returns in the cycle of rebirth. On the other hand, if someone does bad deeds (undesirable deeds/negative-Karmas) there will be bad returns definitely. Karmas mainly become effective in next lives, that's why some people don't believe it. But, everything around us doesn’t happen according to past Karmas. There are five types of factors; Karma is only one of these factors. The powerful one will win. (explained in a later answer.)Thinking or actions done with greed, anger or ignorance mind (also can be combinations) is a bad Karma, which will result bad things in the future. Karmic formation is a mental (related to mind) thing. But, Karmas are generated for your actions since actions done by the mind. For example; when you give a donation your many thinking arise without greed or anger mind. So, it is a good Karma which will result good things in the future. Karma will not depend on the thing you donate but will depend on your mind. If two people donate exactly the same thing, strength of the resultant Karma will different, since they will not have exactly the same kind of mind when donating. Noble beings don’t have any greed, anger or ignorance. Their mind is perfectly detached from greed, anger or ignorance about the life. So, there are no good or bad Karma generated for their thinking or actions.2. If there is no self or a soul, then how rebirth exist?Buddhism teaches there is no part which we can treat as self or soul, among material or non-material parts of a living being. All of material and non-material parts are existing as huge sequences of base units and we conventionally treat as a living being. When we think scientifically a living being is a huge collection of various kinds of atoms. Similarly Buddhism teaches there is an ultimate entity of matter (may be fundamental particle as in the science) which is very much smaller than an atom called as Rupa-kalapa. Life time of a Rupa-kalapa is very short but when one dies one or many new Rupa-kalapa arises. Similarly there are ultimate entities for non-material parts (related to the mind); lets simply call it as Citta. Citta is not like material entities, it can only exist one at a time. When one dies another one arise instantly without any delay. Life time of a Chitta is very small (Smaller than trillions part of a second). So, non-material part is like a huge Citta stream but one arises after one. When our last Citta vanish from the body next Citta arise at a new place as a new being without any delay since a Karma. Citta stream doesn’t end since it’s craving to exist. Before the last Citta vanish, Citta stream will remind a past Karma. So, this Karma will power the new life. But nothing goes from past life to new life. But we can't treat new life as a different being. Since new life arise since the past life. For an example, think about your image from a mirror. Image arises since you and we treat image as yours but it is a different thing. Similarly you should think about the new being after death. New birth is not the same being but also not a different being.3. What is the definition of enlightenment?'Spiritual Enlightenment' can be defined as gaining the perfect knowledge about the life or about the four noble truths.As Buddhism teaches no one can't give this perfect knowledge with words or even with telepathy. Individuals have to self-realize it. Only some approximate assumptions can teach according to the teacher's teaching power. Those assumptions can be;Three Marks of ExistenceAll worldly things are Impermanent, suffering and non-self.Four Noble TruthsCycle of rebirth is suffering, Suffering is due to cravings, Cravings can be overcome, Path to overcome the cravings is the Threefold Training (or Noble Eightfold Path).Threefold TrainingPractice moral virtue (Five precepts, Eight precepts etc.), Get higher level of mind concentration (Samatha Meditation), Get higher wisdom to analyze these assumptions (Vipassana meditation). These three steps can’t separate such as complete one and then complete other. These three steps have to develop cyclically again and again till the enlightenment.Five aggregate definition of a living being (Collections exist as a living being without any soul)Self-view of a Chitta stream existed for a very long time without any beginning in cycle of rebirth. So, it is difficult to remove this self-view. Buddhism defines a living being in different ways to give a better realization. We previously defined a living being as combinations of non-materiel and material things exist as generations without any permanent part. In this definition we think a being as a collection of sense bases (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind) and sensation processes. From the touch to sensation whole process can be dividing in to five steps. There is a non-ending huge sequence of Chitta stream within a living being. When sensation this Chitta stream shift to different places to process the sensation. When a being living, huge amount of sensation processes arises and these collections called as Five Aggregates. Buddhism defines a living being as a huge collection of sensation processes without any soul. 1. Sense triggers (Rupa) For a normal being, there are six internal-external (organ-object) pairs of sense bases;1. eye and visible objects, 2. ear and sound, 3. nose and odor, 4. tongue and taste, 5. body and touch, 6. mind and mental objects(such as past memories)One of six kind of trigger came from one of six external sense bases (Ayatana). Then it case to arise a sense trigger in one of internal sense bases. Then one sensation process starts. Chitta stream will shift and process the sensation with many thought processes (Chitta-viti). When we are sleep such as when there is no trigger from eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind Chitta stream only contain Bhavanga-Chitta. Bhavanga-Chitta always exists from the conception when there is no thought process. Bhavanga-Chitta doesn’t allow to stop the Chitta stream. To see an image, there will be huge amount of thought processes.All material things may case to arise sensation triggers. So, material things can be treat as sense triggers. But, non-material mental objects also can trigger a sensation process. So, we can’t think only matter as sense triggers. 2."Sensation" or "feeling" (Vedanā) Process of sensory experience of an object. It is either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. 3."Perception" (Saññā) Sensory and mental process that registers, recognizes and labels (for instance, the shape of a tree, color green, emotion of fear). 4."Karmic formations" (Saṃskāra) '"Constructing activities", "Karmic activities". In this step Karmas are generating. 5."Consciousness" (Vijñāna) "Discrimination" or "discernment". A series of rapidly changing interconnected discrete acts of cognizance related to the trigger.Example of Vipassana Meditation. Looking five aggregates as Impermanent, Suffering and Non-self;“These Sense triggers are not me. There is no part within Sense triggers which can treat as me.”“These feelings are not me. There is no part within feelings which can treat as me.”“These perceptions are not me. There is no part within perceptions which can treat as me.”“These Karmic formations are not me. There is no part within Karmic formations which can treat as me.”“These consciousness are not me. There is no part within consciousness which can treat as me.”“All of these five aggregates are not me. Those are just results of some causes. These five aggregates are impermanent, suffering and non-self.”“So, There is no thing as me. All things are just results of some causes. All things are Impermanent, Suffering and Non-self”Dependent Arising (Cyclic chain of causes and results which explain the endless cycles of rebirth.)****Two causes of past lives****1) Ignorance, 2) Karmic Formations****Five percent results since past causes****3) Rebirth-consciousness (first mind of a new birth), 4) First materiel embryo base unit and mind base five aggregates, 5) Arising sense spheres; eye, ear, nose, tongue and skin 6) sense spheres triggers or contact s 7) Feelings****Three cause of current life****8) Craving, 9) Grasping, 10) Good or Bad Karmas case to a birth****Two future results since cause of current life****11) Birth, 12) Ageing & DeathIf we could perfectly remove ‘1) Ignorance’ with getting perfect knowledge about the life then there are no ‘2) Karmic Formations’. Then there will not be ‘3) Rebirth-consciousness’. Then there will not be ‘4) First materiel embryo atom’. … And so on.Enlightenment is the final result of a gradual process (For example; Clean defilement, Gain mind concentration, Gain knowledge, Increase the awareness and realize the reality in some amount. Again, Clean more defilement, Gain more mind concentration, Gain more knowledge, Increase the awareness and have a better realization about the reality, …. ). Enlightenment is the final result of all Threefold Training(Noble Eightfold Path). How permanent enlightenment possible?There are Seven Factors of Enlightenment:Mindfulness (Sati)Investigation of Dhammas/Reality/Four Noble Truths (Dhamma-vicaya)Energy to continue (Viriya)Joy or rapture (Pīti)Relaxation or tranquility of both mind and body (Passaddhi)Mind Concentration gained with meditation (Samādhi)Equanimity maintain all of these factors(Upekkha)To experience the final Magga-citta, it is important to develop all of these factors in a balanced way. Reading this answer will develop your 2nd factor 'Investigation of Dhammas'. But this don't develop other factors in a balanced way. So most likely, you will not experience a Magga-citta. But, if you have developed other factors before in this life or in a previous life, there is a possibility of experiencing a Magga-citta with balancing all factors. (After doing mediation, you can try calmly reading this answer again.) Lord Buddha teaches us the best way to develop these factors are Four Mindfulness or Satara-Satipatthana Meditation.This kind of assumption knowledge (also called as 'Parathogoshaka-Prathya') can only give by a rightly self-awakened Lord Buddha or by a his disciple. This answer has enough assumption knowledge for an extremely intelligent person to reach Enlightenment without doing hard practices in the 'Threefold Training'. If anyone could reach Enlightenment since this answer, it is not because of me but because of the teachings of Gautama Lord Buddha. If Lord Buddha didn’t teach these facts, I will not be able to tell you these facts with my own wisdom.To read more about, how Buddhist practice and develop these wisdom to attain ultimate happiness, please study Satipatthana Sutta.The Foundations of MindfulnessThe Way of MindfulnessFree 10-day course from www.dhamma.org ( Find the nearest meditation center to you from this link: World wide locations. Attain the highest possible happiness in the universe. You don't have to change your religion if you are not a Buddhist.)

Is the goal of Buddhism freedom?

Yes. Gain freedom from all of sufferings (Vimukthi Sukha).There are two types of happiness (Sukha). Sensual Happiness(Kama Suka) and Happiness gain by becoming free from sufferings (Vimukthi Sukha or Happiness of freedom).Ultimate happiness of freedom is Nirvana (or permanent enlightenment). Buddhism describe that this happiness of freedom(Nirvana) is very much valuable than Sensual Happiness. Sensual pleasures are very short and receive from the outside and has lot of disturbance. For a small sensual pleasures ( such as for a good taste of a food), we have to do lot of efforts. Also, to revive a sensual pleasures, we may have to do bad things(Bad Karma) this will arise lot of bad sufferings in the future (according to Karmic lows). Sensual happiness is like a dog try to eat a bone. When a dog bite a bone dog's own blood came and it taste those. Nirvana is permanent. Even for trillions of trillion years it is permanent. If you stayed in worlds for a long time you may have to cry for numerous times such that, if all tears collected it will be more than the amount of water in the sea. But you will face only negligible amount of happiness. Nirvana have no disturbance. Nirvana is not something compounded or exist since a cause. Nirvana receive by removing all causes. That is why Lord Buddha said below as his final words;"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All compounded things (which is born, come into being) are subject to decay (So, caused to sufferings). Work hard to gain your own salvation without any delay."Buddhism says Nirvana (ultimate freedom) has infinite good qualities.

If there is no self, how reincarnation exist?

If there is no self, how reincarnation exist?Buddhism teaches there is no part which we can treat as self or soul, among material or non-material parts of a living being. All of material and non-material (Citta and Cetasika) parts are existing as generations and we conventionally treat as a living being. When we think scientifically a living being is a huge collection of various kinds of atoms. Similarly Buddhism teaches there is an ultimate entity of matter (may be fundamental particle in science) which is very much smaller than an atom called as Rupa-kalapa. Similarly there are ultimate entities for non-material parts(related to the mind); lets simply call it as Citta. Citta is not like material entities, it can only exist one at a time. When one dies another one arise instantly without any delay. Life time of a Chitta is very small (Smaller than trillions part of a second). So, non-material part is like a huge Citta stream but one arises after one. When our last Citta vanish from the body next Citta arise at a new place as a new being without any delay since a Karma. But nothing goes from past life to new life. But we can't treat new life as a different being. Since new life arise since the past life. For an example, think about your image from a mirror. Image arises since you and we treat image as yours but it is a different thing. Similarly you should think about the new being after death. New birth is not the same being but also not a different being.Reference ——————————————————————-‘Nirvana Vinishchaya’ by Ven. Professor Rerukane Chamdavimala Maha Nahimai (This is in Sinhala Language)'The Four Noble Truths' by Ven. Professor Rerukane Chamdavimala Maha Nahimaiwww.goo.gl/MgKGLx

What is the definition of enlightenment?

What is the definition of enlightenment?
'Spiritual Enlightenment' can be defined as gaining the perfect knowledge about the life.As Buddhism teaches no one can't give this perfect knowledge with words or even telepathy. Individuals has to self realize it. Only some approximate assumptions can teach according to the teacher's teaching power. Those assumptions can be 'Three Marks of Existence'(all worldly things are Impermanent, suffering and non-self), 'Four Noble Truths' about the cycle of rebirth(Cycle of rebirth is suffering, Suffering is due to attachments, Attachment can be overcome, Path to overcome the attachment is the threefold training), ‘Threefold Training’(Practice virtue, Get higher level of mind concentration, Get higher wisdom to analyse these assumptions)'. This kind of assumptions also called as 'Parathogoshaka Prathya'. This king of kind of assumption knowledge can only give by a rightly self-awakened Lord Buddha or by a his disciple. This answer has enough assumption knowledge for an extremely intelligent person to reach Enlightenment without doing any practice in the 'Threefold Training'. If any one could reach Enlightenment since this message it is not because of me but because of the teachings of Gautama Lord Buddha.During the cycle of rebirth almost all time a being can't here these assumptions since Lord Buddhas are very rare(Ashta Dushtakshana). No one can self realize these assumptions. I personally think if lord Buddha could not come to the word, currently our world may be like ISIS area. If so, we can't hear words like Four Noble Truths and Enlightenment. I think also words like Donations will be rare.The time we can here these assumption words(Buddha's Dispensation) are like a instant when compare to the cycle of rebirth. For a very intelligent person these assumptions are like a divine nectar since these words can remove all infinite amount of sufferings he has to face in the cycle of rebirth.When a person reach Enlightenment, he will becoming free from all suffers permanently after his current life. He will be in permanent happy. So, enlightenment can be define has gaining eternal happiness. Also when attaining Enlightenment all of his carvings will vanish. So, enlightenment can also be define as removing all kind of carvings.There are five stages of enlightenment. First four stages(Stream-enterer, Once-returner, Non-returner, Arahant ) are called as ‘Sopàdisesa Nirvana’. Last and final stage is the passing away from the last body and called as ‘Anupàdisesa Nirvana’.

Rebirth is almost scientifically proven !

1)Study about children's past life memories stories.There are lots of children, who say about their previous life at very young age. Then they gradually forget this. They say about the place they lived, how they die. When you check those places are really exist and there was a person who died.

2)Study about near-death experiencesMany dying people have near-death experiences. If anyone could collect all of these data and analyze, he could guess what is going to happen at death. Near-death experience should categorize correctly according to the person type. Such as who see fires (marks of hell worlds), who see forest (marks of animal realm), Asking for food (marks of ghost world), Who see red color (marks of human womb), Who see flowers and heavenly mentions (marks of heavenly worlds). So there may be lot of types.

So, there are lots of evidences (collected with the scientific method) those are more than enough to accept as rebirth exists scientifically. But it seems scientist don't like to accept it. Main reason may be ‘they can't explain how it happens'. Also they may think, if they accepted it they will face lot of troubles about scientific method. Actually these evidence should make the science's big priority in doing research related to the rebirth. But in reality they are neglecting these facts, another reason may be it is not economical to them. I wish humans may not covered by delusion of scientist, who don't want to think out of the box. Dear all biological researchers and scientist, please make the big decision of human history in the next biology conference and change the world to a good direction.Below explanation describes how dying being experience marks of next life moment(some times several days) before the death. Consciousness is something like a computer program. A computer program processes something with huge number of instruction cycles. Similar way, there is an ultimate entity for consciousness (called as Citta). But life time of Citta very smaller than to a computer instruction cycles time (I guess this is the Planck time. So completely different scale we can’t even think). During the life we usually do some activities and we have infinite number of non-ending Citta stream (genaration). Don’t get it wrong this Citta stream doesn’t stop at even when we sleep. Also, it doesn’t stop at even death. When our last Citta vanish from the body next Citta start in a new life without any delay even new birth is at another solar system. What we usually do every day is what we remind (Consciousness) at death. New life is depending on what we strongly remind at death. When our Citta stream ready for next life it shows the qualities of our next life. For an example, if someone going to rebirth as a dog, he will act as a dog for a moment (some times several days) before the death.
Please read this book for more information. But, This may be religious(concepts of Buddha) for someone www.amazon.com/Theories-Nature-Universe-Comparison-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B01L5BIDQ0/
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Some related research
[1] University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies 
[2] www.reddit.com/user/neardeath 
[3]  Scientific American about reincarnation
[4] Professor Ian Stevenson’s research on children’s memories of previous lives