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No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
by
Noah Rasheta
Nonattachment occurs when we have realized the truth of nonself.
The Buddhist understanding of emptiness is that all things are devoid of meaning until we assign meaning to them.
This is emptiness. It’s the understanding that as life unfolds, it doesn’t mean anything. It is neither positive nor negative. All things simply are as they are.
choose to focus on life before death—the life we’re living now.
Karma is simply the law of cause and effect.
not cosmic justice
“If I do something, something will happen.
This is Karma
The question of theism—whether a god or gods exist—is, quite frankly, irrelevant in Buddhism.
The Four Noble Truths are:
the truth of suffering (dukkha),
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the truth of the end of sufferin...
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and the truth of the path that leads to the end of s...
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The main cause of our suffering is the way we habitually react to life as it unfolds:
telling ourselves stories that ascribe meaning to events,
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The eight parts of the path can be grouped into three essential categories of Buddhist practice:
the 8 fold path
wisdom (paññā), ethical conduct (sīla), and mental discipline (samādhi).
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WISDOM 1. Right understanding (sammā ditthi) 2. Right intent (sammā sankappa)
ETHICAL CONDUCT 3. Right speech (sammā vācā) 4. Right action (sammā kammanta) 5. Right livelihood (sammā ājīva)
MENTAL DISCIPLINE 6. Right effort (sammā vāyāma) 7. Right mindfulness (sammā sati) 8. Right c...
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The problem with a set moral code is that morals change and evolve over time
“Morality is doing what’s right regardless of what you’re told. Obedience is doing what you’re told regardless of what’s right.”
Right, or wise, concentration is the practice of focusing the mind solely on one thing:
We can practice meditation while washing the dishes, walking, or doing virtually any other activity.
Form or matter is simply something material that can be sensed with one of the five conventional senses, like sight, sound, or taste.
When we’re sensing, we’re actually engaging with the object being sensed on an emotional level.
