id
stringlengths
24
24
title
stringlengths
3
59
context
stringlengths
151
4.06k
question
stringlengths
1
25.7k
answers
dict
masked_query
stringlengths
1
25.7k
query_embedding
list
random_answer
stringlengths
151
4.06k
similar_answer
stringlengths
152
4.06k
similar_answer_v2
stringlengths
151
4.06k
answer
stringlengths
1
239
__index_level_0__
int64
0
98.2k
56d08c3c234ae51400d9c375
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
How old was the Buddha at the time of his death?
{ "answer_start": [ 713 ], "text": [ "80" ] }
How old was the [MASK] at the time of his death?
[ -0.054870232939720154, 0.13971614837646484, -0.10652182251214981, 0.26086464524269104, 0.20605911314487457, 0.1513073444366455, 0.03956782445311546, -0.06811816245317459, 0.07541757076978683, 0.17610453069210052, -0.06528008729219437, -0.00500181969255209, 0.021171189844608307, 0.123556546...
In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union....
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
Mahayana Buddhism flourished in India from the 5th century CE onwards, during the dynasty of the Guptas. Mahāyāna centres of learning were established, the most important one being the Nālandā University in north-eastern India.
80
6,446
56d08c3c234ae51400d9c376
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
What is the south branch of the tree Gautama sat under called?
{ "answer_start": [ 843 ], "text": [ "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi" ] }
What is the south branch of the tree [MASK] sat under called?
[ -0.112296923995018, -0.09246016293764114, -0.05502079427242279, 0.1852017194032669, 0.03682781010866165, 0.0680057480931282, 0.39416763186454773, 0.01931668072938919, -0.2358027994632721, 0.33629119396209717, -0.09067012369632721, -0.2469174712896347, 0.11841612309217453, 0.034926202148199...
Hindu philosophy also includes several sub-schools of theistic philosophies that integrate ideas from two or more of the six orthodox philosophies, such as the realism of the Nyāya, the naturalism of the Vaiśeṣika, the dualism of the Sāṅkhya, the monism and knowledge of Self as essential to liberation of Advaita, the s...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
6,447
56d1221517492d1400aaba32
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
What was the tree called he sat under?
{ "answer_start": [ 116 ], "text": [ "Ficus religiosa" ] }
What was the tree called he sat under?
[ 0.1440795212984085, 0.11079622805118561, -0.1862829476594925, 0.2829023003578186, 0.024524610489606857, 0.20669575035572052, 0.2095767706632614, 0.027680551633238792, -0.3152913451194763, 0.2680857479572296, -0.24925445020198822, -0.1746665984392166, -0.12258192151784897, -0.03556091710925...
Victoria's youngest son, Leopold, was affected by the blood-clotting disease haemophilia B and two of her five daughters, Alice and Beatrice, were carriers. Royal haemophiliacs descended from Victoria included her great-grandsons, Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain. Th...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
The Buddha's death is seen as an illusion, he is living on in other planes of existence, and monks are therefore permitted to offer "new truths" based on his input. Mahayana also differs from Theravada in its concept of śūnyatā (that ultimately nothing has existence), and in its belief in bodhisattvas (enlightened peop...
Ficus religiosa
6,448
56d1221517492d1400aaba33
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
What was the tree renamed that Gautama achieved enlightenment under?
{ "answer_start": [ 152 ], "text": [ "Bodhi Tree" ] }
What was the tree renamed that [MASK] achieved enlightenment under?
[ -0.23728710412979126, 0.02108054608106613, -0.04964543133974075, 0.12232346087694168, 0.04648314416408539, 0.3597811460494995, 0.17113737761974335, -0.06012541800737381, -0.23371809720993042, 0.13288985192775726, -0.3589121699333191, -0.2880697548389435, -0.06994886696338654, 0.23949962854...
A gene is a locus (or region) of DNA that encodes a functional RNA or protein product, and is the molecular unit of heredity.:Glossary The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different g...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
The Buddha's death is seen as an illusion, he is living on in other planes of existence, and monks are therefore permitted to offer "new truths" based on his input. Mahayana also differs from Theravada in its concept of śūnyatā (that ultimately nothing has existence), and in its belief in bodhisattvas (enlightened peop...
Bodhi Tree
6,449
56d1221517492d1400aaba35
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
At what age did Gautama come to pass?
{ "answer_start": [ 713 ], "text": [ "80" ] }
At what age did [MASK] come to pass?
[ 0.18006174266338348, 0.12099798768758774, 0.15260982513427734, 0.13960000872612, 0.30437883734703064, 0.26457837224006653, 0.08333106338977814, -0.03834379464387894, -0.085677869617939, -0.0059149195440113544, 0.15148797631263733, -0.15050847828388214, 0.16072450578212738, 0.08622922748327...
By the definition most commonly used by linguists, any linguistic variety can be considered a "dialect" of some language—"everybody speaks a dialect". According to that interpretation, the criteria above merely serve to distinguish whether two varieties are dialects of the same language or dialects of different languag...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
The Buddhist texts are probably the earliest describing meditation techniques. They describe meditative practices and states that existed before the Buddha as well as those first developed within Buddhism. Two Upanishads written after the rise of Buddhism do contain full-fledged descriptions of yoga as a means to liber...
80
6,450
56d1c8b3e7d4791d00902187
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
When he was 35 Gautama sat in meditation under what tree?
{ "answer_start": [ 152 ], "text": [ "Bodhi Tree" ] }
When he was [MASK] [MASK] sat in meditation under what tree?
[ 0.18701115250587463, 0.06925026327371597, -0.29829540848731995, 0.016022706404328346, 0.027974048629403114, 0.08123493194580078, 0.4609626233577728, -0.03916710987687111, -0.3665456473827362, 0.15855124592781067, -0.24613064527511597, -0.2296711504459381, -0.15637269616127014, -0.383629769...
The church also holds that they "are equally bound to respect the sacredness of the life and well-being of the mother, for whom devastating damage may result from an unacceptable pregnancy. In continuity with past Christian teaching, we recognize tragic conflicts of life with life that may justify abortion, and in such...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
In Theravada doctrine, a person may awaken from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality; such people are called arahants and occasionally buddhas. After numerous lifetimes of spiritual striving, they have reached the end of the cycle of rebirth, no longer reincarnating as human, animal...
Bodhi Tree
6,451
56d1c8b3e7d4791d00902188
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
What type of tree was the Bodhi Tree?
{ "answer_start": [ 116 ], "text": [ "Ficus religiosa" ] }
What type of tree was the Bodhi Tree?
[ 0.2520695626735687, 0.2208687663078308, -0.23470084369182587, 0.0778069868683815, -0.06781458854675293, 0.009520845487713814, 0.4597553610801697, 0.19526050984859467, -0.09007004648447037, 0.39646241068840027, -0.1290508508682251, -0.4488529860973358, -0.35117483139038086, -0.1487786620855...
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary asserts Mary's real and perpetual virginity even in the act of giving birth to the Son of God made Man. The term Ever-Virgin (Greek ἀειπάρθενος) is applied in this case, stating that Mary remained a virgin for the remainder of her life, making Jesus her biological and only son, whose con...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Ficus religiosa
6,452
56d1c8b3e7d4791d00902189
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
What town was the Bodhi Tree in?
{ "answer_start": [ 178 ], "text": [ "Bodh Gaya" ] }
What town was [MASK] in?
[ 0.16717542707920074, -0.045650072395801544, 0.04363211989402771, 0.12881611287593842, 0.11250074207782745, 0.1323673278093338, 0.3667744994163513, 0.1966312676668167, -0.20732785761356354, 0.1707768738269806, -0.2593415379524231, -0.21299059689044952, -0.09892113506793976, -0.0153719773516...
Both finalists found success after the show, but Aiken out-performed Studdard's coronation song "Flying Without Wings" with his single release from the show "This Is the Night", as well as in their subsequent album releases. The fourth-place finisher Josh Gracin also enjoyed some success as a country singer.
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
This narrative draws on the Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada, which is ascribed to Buddhaghoṣa in the 5th century CE. Earlier biographies such as the Buddhacarita, the Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu, and the Sarvāstivādin Lalitavistara Sūtra, give different accounts. Scholars are hesitant to make unqualified ...
Bodh Gaya
6,453
56d1c8b3e7d4791d0090218a
Buddhism
Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat...
The south branch of the original fig tree is known as?
{ "answer_start": [ 843 ], "text": [ "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi" ] }
The south branch of the original fig tree is known as?
[ -0.12620335817337036, 0.03899304196238518, -0.25184550881385803, -0.045943234115839005, 0.2552074193954468, 0.44379279017448425, 0.06829487532377243, 0.12805676460266113, -0.24516676366329193, 0.05266059190034866, -0.14135070145130157, -0.2941109836101532, -0.2645983099937439, 0.0057468488...
Rome's government, politics and religion were dominated by an educated, male, landowning military aristocracy. Approximately half Rome's population were slave or free non-citizens. Most others were plebeians, the lowest class of Roman citizens. Less than a quarter of adult males had voting rights; far fewer could actua...
Sarvastivada teachings—which were criticized by Nāgārjuna—were reformulated by scholars such as Vasubandhu and Asanga and were adapted into the Yogacara school. While the Mādhyamaka school held that asserting the existence or non-existence of any ultimately real thing was inappropriate, some exponents of Yogacara asser...
The term parinirvana is also encountered in Buddhism, and this generally refers to the complete nirvana attained by the arahant at the moment of death, when the physical body expires.
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
6,454
56d08d0a234ae51400d9c37c
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
What is samsara?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death" ] }
What is samsara?
[ 0.06732486188411713, 0.09757504612207413, -0.13010206818580627, 0.059099502861499786, 0.004615651443600655, -0.029990304261446, 0.35151633620262146, -0.036708198487758636, -0.35840463638305664, 0.02742968685925007, -0.24302580952644348, -0.4120516777038574, -0.32214057445526123, -0.0269625...
While Western Armenia still remained under Ottoman rule, the Armenians were granted considerable autonomy within their own enclaves and lived in relative harmony with other groups in the empire (including the ruling Turks). However, as Christians under a strict Muslim social system, Armenians faced pervasive discrimina...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death
6,455
56d08d0a234ae51400d9c37d
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
What is avidya?
{ "answer_start": [ 462 ], "text": [ "ignorance" ] }
What is avidya?
[ 0.17896640300750732, -0.12646318972110748, 0.13629378378391266, 0.037829283624887466, -0.26313546299934387, -0.058214567601680756, 0.12159109860658646, 0.16480711102485657, 0.0180014967918396, 0.1190565824508667, -0.172695592045784, 0.05030667409300804, -0.1697589010000229, -0.075356192886...
The majority of the province's population is Han Chinese, who are found scattered throughout the region with the exception of the far western areas. Thus, significant minorities of Tibetan, Yi, Qiang and Nakhi people reside in the western portion that are impacted by inclement weather and natural disasters, environment...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
ignorance
6,456
56d08d0a234ae51400d9c37e
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
What is dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 505 ], "text": [ "suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction" ] }
What is dukkha?
[ 0.13170590996742249, 0.14020612835884094, -0.007744359318166971, -0.034073974937200546, -0.18985432386398315, -0.09694703668355942, 0.08669517189264297, -0.140267476439476, -0.2682684659957886, 0.2508525848388672, -0.21932964026927948, -0.11926816403865814, -0.09962213039398193, 0.19891607...
Between two thirds and three quarters of the population live in urban areas. Switzerland has gone from a largely rural country to an urban one in just 70 years. Since 1935 urban development has claimed as much of the Swiss landscape as it did during the previous 2,000 years. This urban sprawl does not only affect the p...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Though based upon Mahayana, Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism is one of the schools that practice Vajrayana or "Diamond Vehicle" (also referred to as Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism, or esoteric Buddhism). It accepts all the basic concepts of Mahāyāna, but also includes a vast array of spiritual and physical technique...
suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction
6,457
56d08d0a234ae51400d9c37f
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
Is liberation from samsara possible?
{ "answer_start": [ 543 ], "text": [ "In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path." ] }
Is liberation from samsara possible?
[ -0.038986776024103165, -0.2936698794364929, 0.07148610055446625, 0.2352091372013092, 0.3123248517513275, 0.14122602343559265, 0.5835997462272644, -0.23450416326522827, -0.3190341591835022, 0.08592923730611801, -0.5075013637542725, -0.33938291668891907, -0.10001955181360245, -0.028908910229...
Cultural depictions of dogs in art extend back thousands of years to when dogs were portrayed on the walls of caves. Representations of dogs became more elaborate as individual breeds evolved and the relationships between human and canine developed. Hunting scenes were popular in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Do...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.
6,458
56d120b717492d1400aaba03
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
The cycle of birth and death is called what in Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 432 ], "text": [ "Samsara" ] }
The cycle of birth and death is called what in [MASK]?
[ 0.4943770468235016, 0.06131492927670479, -0.25665825605392456, 0.11873266845941544, 0.15878926217556, 0.23745201528072357, 0.22055189311504364, 0.20505297183990479, -0.24541321396827698, 0.1196008250117302, -0.18967361748218536, -0.030763249844312668, -0.10205747932195663, 0.09719778597354...
Xinhua and CCTV quoted relay spectators who condemned the protests, to a greater extent than most Western media, but did not quote any alternate viewpoints, providing no coverage of support for the protests by some ordinary citizens in Western countries. It quoted athletes who expressed pride at taking part in the rela...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Theravadin Buddhists believe that personal effort is required to realize rebirth. Monks follow the vinaya: meditating, teaching and serving their lay communities. Laypersons can perform good actions, producing merit.
Samsara
6,459
56d120b717492d1400aaba04
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
How many realms of existence are there in Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 272 ], "text": [ "six" ] }
How many realms of existence are there in [MASK]?
[ 0.3892633616924286, 0.3960912525653839, 0.10708822309970856, 0.3839539885520935, 0.1631232649087906, 0.34355485439300537, 0.39246559143066406, 0.12873037159442902, -0.21534830331802368, -0.2480095624923706, -0.20762090384960175, -0.09609230607748032, -0.3416503965854645, 0.351605087518692,...
The Social Chapter is a chapter of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam covering social policy issues in European Union law. The basis for the Social Chapter was developed in 1989 by the "social partners" representatives, namely UNICE, the employers' confederation, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and CEEP, the Eu...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Ajahn Sucitto describes the path as "a mandala of interconnected factors that support and moderate each other." The eight factors of the path are not to be understood as stages, in which each stage is completed before moving on to the next. Rather, they are understood as eight significant dimensions of one's behaviour—...
six
6,460
56d120b717492d1400aaba06
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
avidya is what kind of samsara?
{ "answer_start": [ 462 ], "text": [ "ignorance" ] }
[MASK] is what kind of samsara?
[ 0.1466507613658905, 0.07475560158491135, -0.20779412984848022, 0.20481106638908386, 0.09435924142599106, -0.05921229347586632, 0.32583481073379517, -0.13466311991214752, -0.3434202969074249, -0.009755484759807587, -0.3283102512359619, -0.3523949086666107, -0.35702604055404663, -0.158558860...
Poland's successive kings granted privileges to the nobility at the time of their election to the throne (the privileges being specified in the king-elect's Pacta conventa) and at other times in exchange for ad hoc permission to raise an extraordinary tax or a pospolite ruszenie.
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) means wisdom that is based on a realization of dependent origination, The Four Noble Truths and the three marks of existence. Prajñā is the wisdom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about bodhi. It is spoken of as the principal means of attaining nirvāṇa, through its reve...
ignorance
6,461
56d120b717492d1400aaba07
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
How can you be freed from samsara?
{ "answer_start": [ 601 ], "text": [ "by following the Buddhist path" ] }
How can you be freed from samsara?
[ 0.054456211626529694, -0.16675060987472534, -0.05974790081381798, 0.32351991534233093, 0.32103002071380615, -0.011898575350642204, 0.5295658111572266, -0.37353572249412537, -0.3434113562107086, 0.12600940465927124, -0.44277554750442505, -0.39792123436927795, -0.3007870316505432, -0.0730786...
In another incident, around 1177, he was captured in a raid and held prisoner by his father's former allies, the Tayichi'ud. The Tayichi'ud enslaved Temüjin (reportedly with a cangue, a sort of portable stocks), but with the help of a sympathetic guard, the father of Chilaun (who later became a general of Genghis Khan)...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Initially, prajñā is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to sermons (dharma talks), reading, studying, and sometimes reciting Buddhist texts and engaging in discourse. Once the conceptual understanding is attained, it is applied to daily life so that each Buddhist can verify the truth of the Buddha's t...
by following the Buddhist path
6,462
56d1c9c7e7d4791d00902199
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
What is samsara defined as?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death" ] }
What is [MASK] defined as?
[ 0.3057028353214264, 0.23895344138145447, -0.1803649514913559, 0.20855948328971863, -0.014111734926700592, 0.21161502599716187, 0.3222755193710327, -0.038861311972141266, -0.18100130558013916, 0.05347852408885956, -0.3142617344856262, 0.0026684936601668596, -0.27025502920150757, 0.275724172...
Exceptional examples of the bourgeois architecture of the later periods were not restored by the communist authorities after the war (like mentioned Kronenberg Palace and Insurance Company Rosja building) or they were rebuilt in socialist realism style (like Warsaw Philharmony edifice originally inspired by Palais Garn...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death
6,463
56d1c9c7e7d4791d0090219a
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
How many realms of existance are within the cycle of rebirths?
{ "answer_start": [ 272 ], "text": [ "six" ] }
How many realms of existance are within the cycle of rebirths?
[ 0.38668110966682434, 0.15419352054595947, 0.13024397194385529, 0.18359307944774628, 0.21484051644802094, 0.19757843017578125, 0.5701538324356079, -0.11345679312944412, -0.2226339876651764, -0.27437788248062134, -0.29762279987335205, -0.02298375591635704, -0.23939573764801025, 0.26220703125...
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy, accounting for 16 percent of global electricity generation – 3,427 terawatt-hours...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
The best-known application of the concept of pratītyasamutpāda is the scheme of Twelve Nidānas (from Pāli "nidāna" meaning "cause, foundation, source or origin"), which explain the continuation of the cycle of suffering and rebirth (saṃsāra) in detail.[note 10]
six
6,464
56d1c9c7e7d4791d0090219b
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
Realms can be understood as physical realms of what type of states?
{ "answer_start": [ 363 ], "text": [ "psychological" ] }
Realms can be understood as physical realms of what type of states?
[ 0.23625683784484863, 0.11721869558095932, 0.1161656379699707, 0.4043715298175812, 0.20469792187213898, 0.18229182064533234, 0.6502866148948669, -0.11861051619052887, -0.20848600566387177, -0.22409296035766602, -0.39788854122161865, -0.2870135009288788, -0.3631192445755005, 0.11557115614414...
In 1978 Aboriginal writer Kevin Gilbert received the National Book Council award for his book Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert, a collection of Aboriginal people's stories, and in 1998 was awarded (but refused to accept) the Human Rights Award for Literature for Inside Black Australia, a poetry anthology and ...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Besides emptiness, Mahayana schools often place emphasis on the notions of perfected spiritual insight (prajñāpāramitā) and Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha). There are conflicting interpretations of the tathāgatagarbha in Mahāyāna thought. The idea may be traced to Abhidharma, and ultimately to statements of the Buddha ...
psychological
6,465
56d1c9c7e7d4791d0090219c
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
Samsara is caused by what?
{ "answer_start": [ 454 ], "text": [ "avidya" ] }
[MASK] is caused by what?
[ 0.45657360553741455, 0.22758804261684418, -0.06854137033224106, 0.08881666511297226, 0.09739790856838226, -0.009067160077393055, 0.3146724998950958, -0.006369815208017826, -0.06795300543308258, -0.1026320680975914, -0.19001810252666473, -0.19208738207817078, -0.3701397180557251, 0.28565365...
Non-cinematic HDTV video recordings intended for broadcast are typically recorded either in 720p or 1080i format as determined by the broadcaster. 720p is commonly used for Internet distribution of high-definition video, because most computer monitors operate in progressive-scan mode. 720p also imposes less strenuous s...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Samatha meditation starts from being mindful of an object or idea, which is expanded to one's body, mind and entire surroundings, leading to a state of total concentration and tranquility (jhāna). There are many variations in the style of meditation, from sitting cross-legged or kneeling to chanting or walking. The mos...
avidya
6,466
56d1c9c7e7d4791d0090219d
Buddhism
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
A person can get away from samsara by doing what?
{ "answer_start": [ 604 ], "text": [ "following the Buddhist path" ] }
A person can get away from [MASK] by doing what?
[ 0.10561564564704895, -0.04201672226190567, 0.08915470540523529, 0.37767288088798523, 0.2169666886329651, 0.04715393856167793, 0.3354294002056122, -0.24150796234607697, -0.137369766831398, 0.2436891794204712, -0.2915707528591156, -0.11068681627511978, -0.34664636850357056, -0.08713418245315...
The party, or parties, that hold the majority of seats in the Parliament forms the Scottish Government. In contrast to many other parliamentary systems, Parliament elects a First Minister from a number of candidates at the beginning of each parliamentary term (after a general election). Any member can put their name fo...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Initially, prajñā is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to sermons (dharma talks), reading, studying, and sometimes reciting Buddhist texts and engaging in discourse. Once the conceptual understanding is attained, it is applied to daily life so that each Buddhist can verify the truth of the Buddha's t...
following the Buddhist path
6,467
56d09f06234ae51400d9c3ca
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What does the Sanskrit term Karma translate as?
{ "answer_start": [ 36 ], "text": [ "action, work" ] }
What does the [MASK] term Karma translate as?
[ 0.27637720108032227, 0.234028160572052, -0.4743937849998474, 0.03159647434949875, -0.23375466465950012, 0.08501174300909042, 0.538973867893219, -0.1748708337545395, -0.19502979516983032, 0.20863552391529083, -0.3404856324195862, -0.11092517524957657, -0.21619760990142822, 0.183192059397697...
The Napoleonic Wars were the cause of the final dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and ultimately the cause for the quest for a German nation state in 19th-century German nationalism. After the Congress of Vienna, Austria and Prussia emerged as two competitors. Austria, trying to remain the dominant power in Central...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Samkhya philosophy includes a theory of gunas (qualities, innate tendencies, psyche). Guna, it states, are of three types: Sattva being good, compassionate, illuminating, positive, and constructive; Rajas guna is one of activity, chaotic, passion, impulsive, potentially good or bad; and Tamas being the quality of darkn...
action, work
6,468
56d09f06234ae51400d9c3cb
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is karma according to Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 54 ], "text": [ "the force that drives saṃsāra" ] }
What is karma according to [MASK]?
[ 0.385625422000885, 0.29509735107421875, -0.2289879024028778, 0.08303821831941605, -0.19136042892932892, 0.10346518456935883, 0.6314433813095093, -0.14663009345531464, -0.18768027424812317, 0.09595014154911041, -0.12418124824762344, -0.007540998049080372, -0.37712720036506653, 0.15523143112...
In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female is called a bitch (Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce, ultimately from Old Norse bikkja). A group of offspring is a litter. The father of a litter is called the sire, and the mother is called the dam. Offspring are, in general, called...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Śīla is the foundation of Samādhi/Bhāvana (Meditative cultivation) or mind cultivation. Keeping the precepts promotes not only the peace of mind of the cultivator, which is internal, but also peace in the community, which is external. According to the Law of Karma, keeping the precepts is meritorious and it acts as cau...
the force that drives saṃsāra
6,469
56d09f06234ae51400d9c3cc
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is theavoidance of unwholesome actions and the cultivation of positive actions called?
{ "answer_start": [ 404 ], "text": [ "sīla" ] }
What is theavoidance of unwholesome actions and the cultivation of positive actions called?
[ 0.13479571044445038, 0.09834465384483337, -0.10470495373010635, 0.13357551395893097, -0.00665998412296176, 0.276881605386734, 0.39950451254844666, -0.09742452949285507, 0.10231935232877731, -0.0750848799943924, -0.10470324754714966, 0.30118513107299805, -0.2893235385417938, 0.1843865513801...
Part of the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and Disneyland in Paris, France, takes place on an elevator. The "stretching room" on the ride is actually an elevator that travels downwards, giving access to a short underground tunnel which leads to the rest of the attraction. The elevator ...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
sīla
6,470
56d09f06234ae51400d9c3cd
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What actions does karma refer to in Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 445 ], "text": [ "actions of body, speech or mind that spring from mental intent" ] }
What actions does karma refer to in [MASK]?
[ 0.3577914834022522, 0.07055868208408356, -0.4410969018936157, 0.003645354649052024, -0.1973314732313156, 0.11703676730394363, 0.48217064142227173, -0.19624479115009308, -0.2262815237045288, 0.11005895584821701, -0.3152574896812439, -0.04963390901684761, -0.26306524872779846, 0.046732652932...
The European, American, and Japanese comics traditions have followed different paths. Europeans have seen their tradition as beginning with the Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer from as early as 1827 and Americans have seen the origin of theirs in Richard F. Outcault's 1890s newspaper strip The Yellow Kid, though many Americans h...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Therefore, according to Mahayana Buddhism, the arahant has attained only nirvana, thus still being subject to delusion, while the bodhisattva not only achieves nirvana but full liberation from delusion as well. He thus attains bodhi and becomes a buddha. In Theravada Buddhism, bodhi and nirvana carry the same meaning a...
actions of body, speech or mind that spring from mental intent
6,471
56d1247917492d1400aaba5c
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is the definition of Karma from Sanskrit?
{ "answer_start": [ 36 ], "text": [ "action, work" ] }
What is the definition of Karma from [MASK]?
[ 0.2572002112865448, 0.1807691901922226, -0.5624979138374329, 0.08190611004829407, -0.1359284371137619, 0.02889380045235157, 0.43400076031684875, -0.19560246169567108, -0.14396783709526062, 0.18238402903079987, -0.21306973695755005, -0.044688429683446884, -0.2327568233013153, 0.147092312574...
The success of the British Commandos during World War II prompted U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to authorize the creation of an intelligence service modeled after the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), and Special Operations Executive. This led to the creation of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). O...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
According to Buddhist traditions a Buddha is a fully awakened being who has completely purified his mind of the three poisons of desire, aversion and ignorance. A Buddha is no longer bound by Samsara and has ended the suffering which unawakened people experience in life.
action, work
6,472
56d1247917492d1400aaba5e
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is the avoidance of bad acts called?
{ "answer_start": [ 404 ], "text": [ "sīla" ] }
What is the avoidance of bad acts called?
[ 0.0902373418211937, -0.08200642466545105, -0.037443019449710846, -0.10084166377782822, -0.05735047161579132, -0.162029430270195, 0.6250796914100647, 0.026555048301815987, -0.10508006066083908, -0.013570455834269524, -0.28093433380126953, 0.3550302982330322, -0.32528382539749146, -0.3064219...
In 1967, Manuel Blum developed an axiomatic complexity theory based on his axioms and proved an important result, the so-called, speed-up theorem. The field really began to flourish in 1971 when the US researcher Stephen Cook and, working independently, Leonid Levin in the USSR, proved that there exist practically rele...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Therefore, according to Mahayana Buddhism, the arahant has attained only nirvana, thus still being subject to delusion, while the bodhisattva not only achieves nirvana but full liberation from delusion as well. He thus attains bodhi and becomes a buddha. In Theravada Buddhism, bodhi and nirvana carry the same meaning a...
sīla
6,473
56d1247917492d1400aaba5f
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
Karma's actions come from what?
{ "answer_start": [ 509 ], "text": [ "cetanā" ] }
[MASK] 's actions come from what?
[ 0.484735369682312, -0.007288930471986532, -0.20099662244319916, 0.22654485702514648, -0.06803600490093231, 0.19375145435333252, 0.3869684934616089, -0.1766095608472824, 0.03433281183242798, -0.06395871192216873, -0.11846275627613068, -0.11386419832706451, -0.37603631615638733, -0.049768965...
On August 17, 2007, Dell Inc. announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices it would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through to the first quarter of 2007 by a total amount of between $50 million and $150 million, or 2 cents to 7 cents per share. The investigation, begun in November ...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Mahayana Buddhism encourages everyone to become bodhisattvas and to take the bodhisattva vow, where the practitioner promises to work for the complete enlightenment of all beings by practicing the six pāramitās. According to Mahayana teachings, these perfections are: dāna, śīla, kṣanti, vīrya, dhyāna, and prajñā.
cetanā
6,474
56d1247917492d1400aaba60
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is the result of Karma called?
{ "answer_start": [ 568 ], "text": [ "vipāka" ] }
What is the result of Karma called?
[ 0.2811957597732544, 0.052145712077617645, -0.21624700725078583, 0.0842820405960083, -0.17501381039619446, 0.0711570456624031, 0.6169487237930298, -0.25034189224243164, -0.08596941828727722, 0.06560594588518143, -0.33383670449256897, -0.10632600635290146, -0.26231950521469116, 0.21697069704...
Teachers that exhibit enthusiasm can lead to students who are more likely to be engaged, interested, energetic, and curious about learning the subject matter. Recent research has found a correlation between teacher enthusiasm and students' intrinsic motivation to learn and vitality in the classroom. Controlled, experim...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
The precepts are not formulated as imperatives, but as training rules that laypeople undertake voluntarily to facilitate practice. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of dana and ethical conduct themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely, even if there is no furt...
vipāka
6,475
56d1caf1e7d4791d009021b9
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
What is Karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 54 ], "text": [ "the force that drives saṃsāra" ] }
What is Karma?
[ 0.2585720717906952, 0.15826824307441711, -0.22917571663856506, 0.08498077839612961, -0.10106483101844788, 0.0028265886940062046, 0.3766075670719147, -0.10894963890314102, -0.18797506392002106, 0.041584182530641556, -0.1675816923379898, -0.18788950145244598, -0.2919965088367462, 0.086462803...
Spanish was the language spoken by the first permanent European settlers in North America. Spanish arrived in the territory of the modern United States with Ponce de León in 1513. In 1565, the Spaniards, by way of Juan Ponce de León, founded St. Augustine, Florida, and as of the early 1800s, it became the oldest contin...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
Śīla refers to overall principles of ethical behavior. There are several levels of sīla, which correspond to "basic morality" (five precepts), "basic morality with asceticism" (eight precepts), "novice monkhood" (ten precepts) and "monkhood" (Vinaya or Patimokkha). Lay people generally undertake to live by the five pre...
the force that drives saṃsāra
6,476
56d1caf1e7d4791d009021bc
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
Avoidance of unwholesome actions and use of positive actions is called what?
{ "answer_start": [ 404 ], "text": [ "sīla" ] }
Avoidance of unwholesome actions and use of positive actions is called what?
[ 0.14387109875679016, 0.008292323909699917, -0.2009132206439972, 0.0014132040087133646, -0.015807442367076874, -0.023810947313904762, 0.5280922651290894, -0.07528965175151825, -0.0037961092311888933, -0.1833382248878479, -0.35469821095466614, 0.2202114313840866, -0.45990288257598877, -0.246...
Athanasius's episcopate began on 9 May 328 as the Alexandrian Council elected Athanasius to succeed the aged Alexander. That council also denounced various heresies and schisms, many of which continued to preoccupy his 45-year-long episcopate (c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373). Patriarch Athanasius spent over 17 years in five...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda, (Sanskrit; Pali: paticcasamuppāda; Tibetan Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba; Chinese: 緣起) is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics. It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously rendered into English as "dependent...
sīla
6,477
56d1caf1e7d4791d009021bd
Buddhism
In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The...
what does vipaka mean?
{ "answer_start": [ 576 ], "text": [ "result" ] }
what does [MASK] mean?
[ 0.3590099811553955, 0.2132222056388855, 0.13217806816101074, 0.24133628606796265, 0.1523686796426773, -0.1440882831811905, 0.07634565234184265, -0.022103259339928627, -0.07148678600788116, 0.07330885529518127, -0.40406665205955505, -0.17982922494411469, -0.22271326184272766, 0.317564845085...
Hydrogen is not an energy resource, except in the hypothetical context of commercial nuclear fusion power plants using deuterium or tritium, a technology presently far from development. The Sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion of hydrogen, but this process is difficult to achieve controllably on Earth. Elemental hydr...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
result
6,478
56d0a077234ae51400d9c3d2
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
In which branch of Buddhism is it believed that there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 3 ], "text": [ "Theravada Buddhism" ] }
In which branch of [MASK] is it believed that there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for karma?
[ 0.1342046558856964, 0.20014506578445435, -0.378100723028183, 0.020014973357319832, -0.029241446405649185, 0.1910381019115448, 0.7636285424232483, -0.02243557572364807, -0.09176269173622131, 0.059600554406642914, -0.4910212755203247, 0.15817619860172272, -0.25577446818351746, 0.136488407850...
At the beginning of the 19th century the Ottoman Empire included all of the Balkan Peninsula north to the southern edge of the Hungarian Plain, but by 1914 had lost all of it except Constantinople and Eastern Thrace to the rise of Balkan nationalism, which saw the independence of Greece, Serbia, the Danubian Principali...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
The Mahayana sutras are a very broad genre of Buddhist scriptures that the Mahayana Buddhist tradition holds are original teachings of the Buddha. Some adherents of Mahayana accept both the early teachings (including in this the Sarvastivada Abhidharma, which was criticized by Nagarjuna and is in fact opposed to early ...
Theravada Buddhism
6,479
56d0a077234ae51400d9c3d3
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
In Mahayana Buddhism, what are some Mahayana sutras that are believed to remove negative karma just by the hearing of the texts?
{ "answer_start": [ 258 ], "text": [ "the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra" ] }
In [MASK], what are some [MASK] sutras that are believed to remove negative karma just by the hearing of the texts?
[ 0.29836007952690125, 0.2879958748817444, -0.38522619009017944, 0.06670834124088287, -0.0813530758023262, -0.12752167880535126, 0.8077114820480347, -0.3327426016330719, 0.055444054305553436, 0.2283402681350708, -0.41251903772354126, 0.2864081561565399, -0.16988231241703033, -0.0748401433229...
Small-scale "expedition tourism" has existed since 1957 and is currently subject to Antarctic Treaty and Environmental Protocol provisions, but in effect self-regulated by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). Not all vessels associated with Antarctic tourism are members of IAATO, but IAAT...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
The precepts are not formulated as imperatives, but as training rules that laypeople undertake voluntarily to facilitate practice. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of dana and ethical conduct themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely, even if there is no furt...
the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
6,480
56d0a077234ae51400d9c3d4
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
The reciting of mantras as a means for removing past negative karma is a part of which branch of Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 483 ], "text": [ "Vajrayana" ] }
The reciting of mantras as a means for removing past negative karma is a part of which branch of [MASK]?
[ 0.29928117990493774, 0.08702339977025986, -0.18001769483089447, 0.13838522136211395, -0.08569851517677307, 0.11804337054491043, 0.7170102596282959, -0.2561711370944977, -0.099738210439682, 0.17049044370651245, -0.3513672351837158, 0.11354297399520874, -0.11871923506259918, -0.2231663018465...
At the beginning of a match, an official tosses a coin and allows the captain of the visiting team call heads or tails. The captain of the team winning the coin toss is given the option of having first choice, or of deferring first choice to the other captain. The captain making first choice may either choose a) to kic...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Vajrayana
6,481
56d0a077234ae51400d9c3d5
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
According to Genshin, who has the power to destroy karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 633 ], "text": [ "Amitābha" ] }
According to [MASK], who has the power to destroy karma?
[ 0.15270937979221344, 0.15317997336387634, -0.2836756706237793, 0.23446358740329742, -0.1190345510840416, -0.06077100336551666, 0.5484998822212219, -0.19411419332027435, -0.006170359905809164, 0.060747791081666946, -0.339090496301651, 0.11581423878669739, -0.313107967376709, 0.2574352025985...
The Mahayana sutras often claim to articulate the Buddha's deeper, more advanced doctrines, reserved for those who follow the bodhisattva path. That path is explained as being built upon the motivation to liberate all living beings from unhappiness. Hence the name Mahāyāna (lit., the Great Vehicle).
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
The method of self-exertion or "self-power"—without reliance on an external force or being—stands in contrast to another major form of Buddhism, Pure Land, which is characterized by utmost trust in the salvific "other-power" of Amitabha Buddha. Pure Land Buddhism is a very widespread and perhaps the most faith-orienta...
Amitābha
6,482
56d125a117492d1400aaba7d
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
What Buddhism says that salvation is unattainable?
{ "answer_start": [ 3 ], "text": [ "Theravada Buddhism" ] }
What Buddhism says that salvation is unattainable?
[ 0.032667987048625946, 0.3234945833683014, -0.4867765009403229, 0.08312387019395828, -0.013387101702392101, 0.12693621218204498, 0.6069604158401489, -0.009179621934890747, -0.043106433004140854, 0.10136598348617554, -0.521702229976654, 0.13753065466880798, -0.4132048189640045, 0.25629529356...
Before the establishment of the Modern Greek state, the link between ancient and modern Greeks was emphasized by the scholars of Greek Enlightenment especially by Rigas Feraios. In his "Political Constitution", he addresses to the nation as "the people descendant of the Greeks". The modern Greek state was created in 18...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Although "Nibbāna" (Sanskrit: Nirvāna) is the common term for the desired goal of this practice, many other terms can be found throughout the Nikayas, which are not specified.[note 35]
Theravada Buddhism
6,483
56d125a117492d1400aaba81
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Who has the power to destroy bad karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 633 ], "text": [ "Amitābha" ] }
Who has the power to destroy bad karma?
[ 0.13156133890151978, 0.1828075498342514, -0.14222364127635956, 0.3118719458580017, -0.11383800953626633, -0.1469641476869583, 0.49675101041793823, -0.05502602458000183, 0.03697941079735756, -0.014047838747501373, -0.20868021249771118, 0.07135505974292755, -0.4112420678138733, 0.21139892935...
The army was still equipped with the Dreyse needle gun of Battle of Königgrätz fame, which was by this time showing the age of its 25-year-old design. The rifle had a range of only 600 m (2,000 ft) and lacked the rubber breech seal that permitted aimed shots. The deficiencies of the needle gun were more than compensate...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compa...
Amitābha
6,484
56d1cc5ae7d4791d009021cc
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
What type of sutra is the Lotus Sutra?
{ "answer_start": [ 193 ], "text": [ "Mahayana" ] }
What type of sutra is [MASK]?
[ 0.34038665890693665, 0.13201795518398285, -0.5525722503662109, 0.18267154693603516, -0.0978502482175827, 0.07531486451625824, 0.3384559154510498, -0.09361842274665833, -0.03910479694604874, 0.22690699994564056, -0.26155778765678406, 0.06743115186691284, -0.035578664392232895, -0.1611316651...
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Following (or leading up to) the schisms, each Saṅgha started to accumulate an Abhidharma, a detailed scholastic reworking of doctrinal material appearing in the Suttas, according to schematic classifications. These Abhidharma texts do not contain systematic philosophical treatises, but summaries or numerical lists. Sc...
Mahayana
6,485
56d1cc5ae7d4791d009021cd
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Some mantras are used for cutting off what type of karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 430 ], "text": [ "negative" ] }
Some mantras are used for cutting off what type of karma?
[ 0.3935115933418274, -0.037146128714084625, -0.347398966550827, 0.2291078120470047, -0.07692022621631622, 0.11270465701818466, 0.5353067517280579, -0.330753892660141, -0.18111565709114075, 0.13650882244110107, -0.299344927072525, -0.039975862950086594, -0.3254840075969696, 0.066900312900543...
Beyoncé's music is generally R&B, but she also incorporates pop, soul and funk into her songs. 4 demonstrated Beyoncé's exploration of 90s-style R&B, as well as further use of soul and hip hop than compared to previous releases. While she almost exclusively releases English songs, Beyoncé recorded several Spanish songs...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Buddhism traditionally incorporates states of meditative absorption (Pali: jhāna; Skt: dhyāna). The most ancient sustained expression of yogic ideas is found in the early sermons of the Buddha. One key innovative teaching of the Buddha was that meditative absorption must be combined with liberating cognition. The diffe...
negative
6,486
56d1cc5ae7d4791d009021ce
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Who was the Japanese Pure Land teacher?
{ "answer_start": [ 613 ], "text": [ "Genshin" ] }
Who was the [MASK] Pure Land teacher?
[ 0.2894778251647949, 0.1936616599559784, -0.46438732743263245, 0.2173391431570053, 0.06445792317390442, 0.12122487276792526, 0.4339085519313812, -0.08178896456956863, 0.2341155856847763, 0.04257994145154953, -0.08642357587814331, 0.15955546498298645, 0.025171373039484024, -0.215238615870475...
Johnson's impeachment was perceived to have done great damage to the presidency, which came to be almost subordinate to Congress. Some believed that the president would become a mere figurehead, with the Speaker of the House of Representatives becoming a de facto Prime Minister. Grover Cleveland, the first Democratic P...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. Buddhism denies a creator deity and posits that mundane deities such as Mahabrahma are misperceived to be a creator. The foundations of Buddh...
Genshin
6,487
56d1cc5ae7d4791d009021cf
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
According to Genshin, whats has the power to destroy karma?
{ "answer_start": [ 633 ], "text": [ "Amitābha" ] }
According to [MASK], what s has the power to destroy karma?
[ 0.18965740501880646, 0.16204071044921875, -0.10073517262935638, 0.24301882088184357, -0.23116031289100647, -0.07126806676387787, 0.5187387466430664, -0.1818227618932724, -0.048740871250629425, 0.1444767415523529, -0.3169941008090973, -0.1148475930094719, -0.2941673994064331, 0.320808082818...
In the 1970s and 1980s there were reports of his making sexual advances toward female reporters and members of his entourage. After the civil war, more serious charges came to light. Annick Cojean, a journalist for Le Monde, wrote in her book, Gaddafi's Harem that Gaddafi had raped, tortured, performed urolagnia, and i...
Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism. In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks. Lat...
Nirvana (Sanskrit; Pali: "Nibbāna") means "cessation", "extinction" (of craving and ignorance and therefore suffering and the cycle of involuntary rebirths (saṃsāra)), "extinguished", "quieted", "calmed"; it is also known as "Awakening" or "Enlightenment" in the West. The term for anybody who has achieved nirvana, incl...
Amitābha
6,488
56d0a1ea234ae51400d9c3da
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
What is the process in which beings go through cycles of lifetimes as many forms of sentient life?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Rebirth" ] }
What is the process in which beings go through cycles of lifetimes as many forms of sentient life?
[ 0.4983678460121155, -0.02413870394229889, -0.10629024356603622, 0.2894604802131653, 0.23661258816719055, 0.15974564850330353, 0.5412023067474365, 0.13372409343719482, -0.370046466588974, -0.10952773690223694, -0.0650571659207344, -0.017584219574928284, -0.4066404402256012, 0.04599357768893...
The Vestals embody the profound connection between domestic cult and the religious life of the community. Any householder could rekindle their own household fire from Vesta's flame. The Vestals cared for the Lares and Penates of the state that were the equivalent of those enshrined in each home. Besides their own festi...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Samkhya philosophy includes a theory of gunas (qualities, innate tendencies, psyche). Guna, it states, are of three types: Sattva being good, compassionate, illuminating, positive, and constructive; Rajas guna is one of activity, chaotic, passion, impulsive, potentially good or bad; and Tamas being the quality of darkn...
Rebirth
6,489
56d0a1ea234ae51400d9c3db
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
Which doctrine denies the concept of a permanent self or soul?
{ "answer_start": [ 167 ], "text": [ "The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman)" ] }
Which doctrine denies the concept of a permanent self or soul?
[ 0.14339040219783783, 0.43239569664001465, -0.06769976019859314, 0.13745810091495514, 0.2750447690486908, 0.015136878937482834, 0.4786723256111145, -0.03808099403977394, 0.023705584928393364, 0.10610421746969223, -0.4545576274394989, 0.24203969538211823, -0.2774040400981903, 0.2345156818628...
While true exhibition matches are not uncommon, most matches tell a story analogous to a scene in a play or film, or an episode of a serial drama: The face will sometimes win (triumph) or sometimes lose (tragedy). Longer story arcs can result from multiple matches over the course of time. Since most promotions have a c...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman)
6,490
56d0a1ea234ae51400d9c3dc
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
In Buddhism, rebirth into consecutive lives is determined by what?
{ "answer_start": [ 708 ], "text": [ "the laws of cause and effect" ] }
In [MASK], rebirth into consecutive lives is determined by what?
[ 0.45404937863349915, 0.0028410665690898895, -0.11553552746772766, 0.17776818573474884, 0.34363991022109985, 0.25428107380867004, 0.24109530448913574, -0.1481066793203354, -0.1778087615966797, -0.008045215159654617, -0.26522788405418396, 0.040242526680231094, -0.3359227180480957, -0.0273781...
Orthodox Judaism maintains the historical understanding of Jewish identity. A Jew is someone who was born to a Jewish mother, or who converts to Judaism in accordance with Jewish law and tradition. Orthodoxy thus rejects patrilineal descent as a means of establishing Jewish identity. Similarly, Orthodoxy strongly conde...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
the laws of cause and effect
6,491
56d1271017492d1400aaba9d
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
Sentient life according to Buddhism runs between what two points?
{ "answer_start": [ 141 ], "text": [ "from conception to death." ] }
Sentient life according to [MASK] runs between what [MASK] points?
[ 0.36581188440322876, -0.00968560017645359, 0.05551433563232422, 0.23204049468040466, 0.08814151585102081, 0.2196255922317505, 0.21232573688030243, 0.051299192011356354, -0.11250557750463486, -0.0887189656496048, -0.08482623845338821, -0.13907970488071442, -0.2961413562297821, -0.0398846641...
On 12 March 2015, the FCC released the specific details of the net neutrality rules. On 13 April 2015, the FCC published the final rule on its new "Net Neutrality" regulations.
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
from conception to death.
6,492
56d1cda5e7d4791d009021ef
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
The laws of cause and effect can also be called?
{ "answer_start": [ 738 ], "text": [ "karma" ] }
The laws of cause and effect can also be called?
[ 0.4964885115623474, 0.19445520639419556, -0.11145366728305817, 0.11014190316200256, 0.09162082523107529, 0.27481627464294434, 0.08966601639986038, -0.38332682847976685, -0.04714900627732277, -0.1578971892595291, -0.03846593201160431, 0.23504942655563354, -0.294819176197052, 0.0666999816894...
The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay throu...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Dvaita Vedanta is a dualistic interpretation of the Vedas, espouses dualism by theorizing the existence of two separate realities. The first and the only independent reality, states the Dvaita school, is that of Vishnu or Brahman. Vishnu is the supreme Self, in a manner similar to monotheistic God in other major religi...
karma
6,493
56d1cda5e7d4791d009021f0
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
What is the name for the process of a succession of lifetimes?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Rebirth" ] }
What is the name for the process of a succession of lifetimes?
[ 0.5026835203170776, 0.0011459080269560218, 0.041026875376701355, 0.10976972430944443, 0.2762337923049927, 0.19776779413223267, 0.3326083719730377, 0.04962632805109024, -0.34556618332862854, 0.05664126202464104, -0.22636179625988007, 0.09110352396965027, -0.13851508498191833, 0.125293523073...
The central government estimates that over 7,000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake. Chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase: "tofu-dregs schoolhouses" (Chinese: 豆腐渣校舍), to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school children...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
According to author Michael Carrithers, while there are good reasons to doubt the traditional account, "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death." In writing her biography of the Buddha, Karen Armstrong noted, "It is obviously difficult, ther...
Rebirth
6,494
56d1cda5e7d4791d009021f1
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
What doctrine rejects the idea of permanent self?
{ "answer_start": [ 496 ], "text": [ "anatta" ] }
What doctrine rejects the idea of permanent self?
[ -0.005750369746237993, 0.35438019037246704, -0.022280242294073105, 0.0010489634005352855, 0.17996318638324738, 0.06127246469259262, 0.4981541037559509, -0.08445954322814941, 0.05265890806913376, -0.034484948962926865, -0.43012183904647827, 0.18629755079746246, -0.24212908744812012, 0.11438...
Educational attainment: In 2000, according to the U.S. Census, out of the nearly 800,000 people in the Bronx who were then at least 25 years old, 62.3% had graduated from high school and 14.6% held a bachelor's or higher college degree. These percentages were lower than those for New York's other boroughs, which ranged...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril...
anatta
6,495
56d1cda5e7d4791d009021f2
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
"dependent arising" is the meaning of what word?
{ "answer_start": [ 654 ], "text": [ "pratītyasamutpāda" ] }
"dependent arising" is the meaning of what word?
[ 0.10938338935375214, -0.15584520995616913, 0.021900644525885582, -0.15545572340488434, 0.048766203224658966, 0.2505061626434326, 0.4236159026622772, -0.17325447499752045, 0.030335450544953346, -0.09144505858421326, -0.25349128246307373, 0.29248541593551636, -0.2790643274784088, 0.396429687...
Borders Books, started in Ann Arbor, was opened by brothers Tom and Louis Borders in 1971 with a stock of used books. The Borders chain was based in the city, as was its flagship store until it closed in September 2011. Domino's Pizza's headquarters is near Ann Arbor on Domino's Farms, a 271-acre (110 ha) Frank Lloyd W...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
pratītyasamutpāda
6,496
56d1cda5e7d4791d009021f3
Buddhism
Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christ...
Hinduism and Christianity use what term for a permanent self?
{ "answer_start": [ 268 ], "text": [ "eternal soul" ] }
[MASK] and [MASK] use what term for a permanent self?
[ 0.08498435467481613, 0.3093332052230835, 0.10828162729740143, -0.058566831052303314, 0.3629486560821533, 0.25668466091156006, 0.24681855738162994, 0.026372019201517105, -0.12117556482553482, -0.021203193813562393, -0.40405943989753723, 0.1500481516122818, -0.1345081925392151, -0.0547439083...
After a lackluster arrival to Oklahoma City for the 2008–09 season, the Oklahoma City Thunder secured a berth (8th) in the 2010 NBA Playoffs the next year after boasting its first 50-win season, winning two games in the first round against the Los Angeles Lakers. In 2012, Oklahoma City made it to the NBA Finals, but lo...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
Dvaita Vedanta is a dualistic interpretation of the Vedas, espouses dualism by theorizing the existence of two separate realities. The first and the only independent reality, states the Dvaita school, is that of Vishnu or Brahman. Vishnu is the supreme Self, in a manner similar to monotheistic God in other major religi...
eternal soul
6,497
56d0a257234ae51400d9c3e0
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
Rebirth into the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes can only be attained by who?
{ "answer_start": [ 180 ], "text": [ "skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners)" ] }
Rebirth into the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes can only be attained by who?
[ 0.1982172727584839, 0.141831174492836, -0.12176017463207245, 0.13913364708423615, 0.14598679542541504, 0.14790624380111694, 0.7895839214324951, -0.1625179946422577, -0.0793985053896904, -0.33400845527648926, -0.38175368309020996, 0.061131078749895096, -0.24537625908851624, 0.12095105648040...
While asthma is a well recognized condition, there is not one universal agreed upon definition. It is defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma as "a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role. The chronic inflammation is associated with airway hyper-responsiven...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compa...
skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners)
6,498
56d0a257234ae51400d9c3e1
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
Rebirth into the formless realms can only be attained by who?
{ "answer_start": [ 316 ], "text": [ "those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation" ] }
Rebirth into the formless realms can only be attained by who?
[ 0.0965856984257698, 0.20116233825683594, 0.014175721444189548, 0.23552480340003967, 0.15844056010246277, 0.17642611265182495, 0.6406828761100769, -0.10933085530996323, -0.17447294294834137, -0.32734015583992004, -0.502867579460144, -0.10894034802913666, -0.2760688066482544, 0.2333277463912...
Not all traditions of Buddhism share the same philosophical outlook, or treat the same concepts as central. Each tradition, however, does have its own core concepts, and some comparisons can be drawn between them. For example, according to one Buddhist ecumenical organization,[web 23] several concepts common to both ma...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) means wisdom that is based on a realization of dependent origination, The Four Noble Truths and the three marks of existence. Prajñā is the wisdom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about bodhi. It is spoken of as the principal means of attaining nirvāṇa, through its reve...
those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation
6,499
56d127f317492d1400aabab4
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
How many planes of existence are there?
{ "answer_start": [ 38 ], "text": [ "31" ] }
How many planes of existence are there?
[ 0.415818989276886, 0.24987302720546722, -0.029822247102856636, 0.4932235777378082, 0.2138562947511673, 0.349378377199173, 0.12777934968471527, 0.09611298888921738, -0.1908622533082962, -0.3417467176914215, -0.1711670160293579, 0.13210617005825043, -0.40693399310112, 0.24250176548957825, ...
Within the diasporan Armenian community, there is an unofficial classification of the different kinds of Armenians. For example, Armenians who originate from Iran are referred to as Parskahay (Պարսկահայ), while Armenians from Lebanon are usually referred to as Lipananahay (Լիբանանահայ). Armenians of the Diaspora are th...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
In Indian philosophy, Yoga is among other things, the name of one of the six āstika philosophical schools. The Yoga philosophical system is closely allied with the dualism premises of Samkhya school. The Yoga school accepts the Samkhya psychology and metaphysics, but is considered theistic because it accepts the concep...
31
6,500
56d127f317492d1400aabab5
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What are the higher heavens called?
{ "answer_start": [ 143 ], "text": [ "Pure Abodes" ] }
What are the higher heavens called?
[ 0.3959370255470276, 0.4032340943813324, -0.28247299790382385, 0.2620834410190582, -0.04251225292682648, 0.22739720344543457, 0.39328303933143616, 0.13897553086280823, -0.21112430095672607, -0.11354895681142807, -0.31701239943504333, -0.038665905594825745, -0.10905298590660095, -0.036751210...
On the island of Crete, along with the lyra and the laouto (lute), the mandolin is one of the main instruments used in Cretan Music. It appeared on Crete around the time of the Venetian rule of the island. Different variants of the mandolin, such as the "mantola," were used to accompany the lyra, the violin, and the la...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Pure Abodes
6,501
56d127f317492d1400aabab6
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What are skilled Buddhists called?
{ "answer_start": [ 220 ], "text": [ "anāgāmis" ] }
What are skilled [MASK] called?
[ 0.6614072322845459, 0.17529381811618805, -0.0874600037932396, 0.14251580834388733, 0.11251810938119888, 0.2833591103553772, 0.3372610807418823, -0.136230930685997, -0.20580869913101196, 0.002271294128149748, -0.2485155612230301, 0.4743625819683075, 0.32337966561317444, -0.3369561731815338,...
With International Criminal Court trial dates in 2013 for both President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto related to the 2007 election aftermath, US President Barack Obama chose not to visit the country during his mid-2013 African trip. Later in the summer, Kenyatta visited China at the invitation of Presiden...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
The concept of liberation (nirvāṇa)—the goal of the Buddhist path—is closely related to overcoming ignorance (avidyā), a fundamental misunderstanding or mis-perception of the nature of reality. In awakening to the true nature of the self and all phenomena one develops dispassion for the objects of clinging, and is libe...
anāgāmis
6,502
56d127f317492d1400aabab7
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What is another name for Ārūpyadhātu?
{ "answer_start": [ 275 ], "text": [ "formless realms" ] }
What is another name for [MASK]?
[ 0.2884296774864197, 0.08120965212583542, -0.2780616879463196, 0.15409259498119354, 0.028668563812971115, 0.2978422939777374, 0.0038138485979288816, 0.10602541267871857, -0.2944021224975586, 0.11422403901815414, -0.2883644104003906, -0.10031723231077194, -0.1708628088235855, 0.1670114696025...
A struggle for succession in the mid-twelfth century gave the Fujiwara an opportunity to regain their former power. Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with the retired emperor in a violent battle in 1156 against the heir apparent, who was supported by the Taira and Minamoto (Hōgen Rebellion). In the end, the Fujiwara were dest...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
formless realms
6,503
56d127f317492d1400aabab8
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What is the highest object of meditation called?
{ "answer_start": [ 346 ], "text": [ "arūpajhānas" ] }
What is the highest object of meditation called?
[ 0.07295595854520798, 0.3067948520183563, -0.010914083570241928, 0.07802353799343109, -0.030760934576392174, 0.06201745942234993, 0.5786023139953613, -0.2032751739025116, -0.3420507609844208, 0.25787943601608276, -0.20993761718273163, 0.13409321010112762, -0.0006824074662290514, -0.24281089...
The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of glass are "silicate glasses" based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this type of material, which is familiar from use as window glass an...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
In Theravāda Buddhism, the cause of human existence and suffering is identified as craving, which carries with it the various defilements. These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion. These are believed deeply rooted afflictions of the mind that create suffering and stress. To be...
arūpajhānas
6,504
56d1cf79e7d4791d00902207
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
How many planes of existence?
{ "answer_start": [ 38 ], "text": [ "31" ] }
How many planes of existence?
[ 0.4052567780017853, 0.21738827228546143, -0.05285333842039108, 0.45329779386520386, 0.20950886607170105, 0.28554439544677734, 0.10962861776351929, 0.026802020147442818, -0.19325029850006104, -0.31051114201545715, -0.10870011895895004, 0.17936883866786957, -0.43874505162239075, 0.2142299264...
The IPCC Panel is composed of representatives appointed by governments and organizations. Participation of delegates with appropriate expertise is encouraged. Plenary sessions of the IPCC and IPCC Working groups are held at the level of government representatives. Non Governmental and Intergovernmental Organizations ma...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Theravada has a widespread following in Sri La...
31
6,505
56d1cf79e7d4791d00902209
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
Skilled buddhist practictioners that can get to the higher heavens are known as what?
{ "answer_start": [ 220 ], "text": [ "anāgāmis" ] }
Skilled [MASK] practictioners that can get to the higher heavens are known as what?
[ 0.5788098573684692, 0.17339147627353668, 0.09829514473676682, 0.430431067943573, 0.2586711049079895, 0.09831620752811432, 0.3877885937690735, -0.0668804794549942, -0.03457994386553764, -0.24624131619930267, -0.3588736057281494, 0.1340775191783905, 0.22790087759494781, -0.33180728554725647,...
Construction of the chapel, originally intended to be slightly over twice as long, with eighteen - or possibly seventeen - bays (there are eight today) was stopped when Henry VI was deposed. Only the Quire of the intended building was completed. Eton's first Headmaster, William Waynflete, founder of Magdalen College, O...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
The Buddha's death is seen as an illusion, he is living on in other planes of existence, and monks are therefore permitted to offer "new truths" based on his input. Mahayana also differs from Theravada in its concept of śūnyatā (that ultimately nothing has existence), and in its belief in bodhisattvas (enlightened peop...
anāgāmis
6,506
56d1cf79e7d4791d0090220a
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What is the highest object of meditation?
{ "answer_start": [ 346 ], "text": [ "arūpajhānas" ] }
What is the highest object of meditation?
[ 0.01727280579507351, 0.3500310778617859, 0.07053540647029877, 0.1275237649679184, -0.0012942705070599914, 0.05421749874949455, 0.5303929448127747, -0.18556387722492218, -0.34038183093070984, 0.20732007920742035, -0.1677665263414383, 0.1019044816493988, 0.000025420649762963876, -0.283848315...
The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى‎, aṣ-ṣaḥrāʾ al-kubrā , 'the Greatest Desert') is the largest hot desert in the world. It is the third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its surface area of 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi)[citation needed]—including the Libyan Desert—is comparable to the res...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
In Buddhist practice, it is said that while samatha meditation can calm the mind, only vipassanā meditation can reveal how the mind was disturbed to start with, which is what leads to insight knowledge (jñāna; Pāli ñāṇa) and understanding (prajñā Pāli paññā), and thus can lead to nirvāṇa (Pāli nibbāna). When one is in ...
arūpajhānas
6,507
56d1cf79e7d4791d0090220b
Buddhism
The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only thos...
What does arupyadhatu mean?
{ "answer_start": [ 275 ], "text": [ "formless realms" ] }
What does arupyadhatu mean?
[ 0.3045541048049927, 0.24464887380599976, -0.05485902726650238, 0.051024556159973145, -0.1824948489665985, 0.2926143407821655, 0.21575547754764557, -0.017180876806378365, -0.1379171758890152, 0.10167385637760162, -0.08571536093950272, -0.0683029443025589, -0.20892886817455292, 0.30128160119...
Older constitutions often vest this power in the cabinet. In the United Kingdom, for example, the tradition whereby it is the prime minister who requests a dissolution of parliament dates back to 1918. Prior to then, it was the entire government that made the request. Similarly, though the modern 1937 Irish constitutio...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
In the language of the Noble Eightfold Path, samyaksamādhi is "right concentration". The primary means of cultivating samādhi is meditation. Upon development of samādhi, one's mind becomes purified of defilement, calm, tranquil, and luminous.
formless realms
6,508
56d0a384234ae51400d9c3e4
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
There is a transitional state between one life and the next according to what branches of Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 13 ], "text": [ "East Asian and Tibetan" ] }
There is a transitional state between [MASK] life and the next according to what branches of [MASK]?
[ 0.21096697449684143, -0.09097733348608017, -0.12673313915729523, 0.1287921667098999, 0.38033947348594666, 0.18182817101478577, 0.3681229054927826, 0.012941543012857437, 0.014084982685744762, -0.28019481897354126, -0.3138279914855957, -0.1558598428964615, -0.11472272872924805, 0.04378233477...
While these few hard rock bands managed to maintain success and popularity in the early part of the decade, alternative forms of hard rock achieved mainstream success in the form of grunge in the US and Britpop in the UK. This was particularly evident after the success of Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), which combined elem...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
East Asian and Tibetan
6,509
56d0a384234ae51400d9c3e5
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
What branch of Buddhism rejects that there is a transitional state between lives?
{ "answer_start": [ 139 ], "text": [ "Theravada" ] }
What branch of [MASK] rejects that there is a transitional state between lives?
[ 0.2630842626094818, 0.14809751510620117, -0.3248434364795685, 0.03352412208914757, 0.2657019793987274, 0.19616074860095978, 0.5425367951393127, -0.07303059101104736, 0.21090033650398254, -0.31734320521354675, -0.5500865578651428, 0.03160247951745987, -0.2668161988258362, 0.1683837175369262...
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat. Second-generation technolo...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Theravada
6,510
56d0a384234ae51400d9c3e6
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
Passages in what teaching support the idea that the Buddha taught of a stage between lives?
{ "answer_start": [ 206 ], "text": [ "Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon" ] }
Passages in what teaching support the idea that the [MASK] taught of a stage between lives?
[ 0.16639670729637146, 0.12632983922958374, -0.21013599634170532, -0.148772731423378, 0.3905786871910095, 0.3061259984970093, 0.48040223121643066, 0.03670712932944298, 0.22833675146102905, -0.14583319425582886, -0.2867553234100342, 0.13736550509929657, 0.06347886472940445, -0.185991406440734...
Muslim scientists contributed to advances in the sciences. They placed far greater emphasis on experiment than had the Greeks. This led to an early scientific method being developed in the Muslim world, where progress in methodology was made, beginning with the experiments of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) on optics from cir...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
Mahayana schools recognize all or part of the Mahayana Sutras. Some of these sutras became for Mahayanists a manifestation of the Buddha himself, and faith in and veneration of those texts are stated in some sutras (e.g. the Lotus Sutra and the Mahaparinirvana Sutra) to lay the foundations for the later attainment of B...
Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon
6,511
56d128f817492d1400aabae2
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
What is the state called between lives?
{ "answer_start": [ 87 ], "text": [ "bardo" ] }
What is the state called between lives?
[ 0.37014755606651306, -0.11739858984947205, -0.15410034358501434, 0.16224028170108795, 0.46781861782073975, 0.1611861288547516, 0.3832961320877075, 0.08793827146291733, -0.07167273014783859, -0.006776751484721899, -0.41354188323020935, -0.4136695861816406, -0.4055473804473877, -0.1024958863...
Before the actual research explicitly devoted to the complexity of algorithmic problems started off, numerous foundations were laid out by various researchers. Most influential among these was the definition of Turing machines by Alan Turing in 1936, which turned out to be a very robust and flexible simplification of a...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
Though based upon Mahayana, Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism is one of the schools that practice Vajrayana or "Diamond Vehicle" (also referred to as Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism, or esoteric Buddhism). It accepts all the basic concepts of Mahāyāna, but also includes a vast array of spiritual and physical technique...
bardo
6,512
56d128f817492d1400aabae3
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
Which major part of Buddhism rejects bardo?
{ "answer_start": [ 139 ], "text": [ "Theravada" ] }
Which major part of [MASK] rejects bardo?
[ -0.3535546362400055, -0.09203271567821503, 0.16761218011379242, 0.10158883035182953, -0.19995586574077606, 0.04210961237549782, 0.31117913126945496, -0.36293476819992065, 0.3505423963069916, -0.15031586587429047, -0.44442519545555115, 0.25457531213760376, 0.0945165604352951, 0.008272482082...
The rival of Takeda Shingen (1521–1573) was Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), a legendary Sengoku warlord well-versed in the Chinese military classics and who advocated the "way of the warrior as death". Japanese historian Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki describes Uesugi's beliefs as: "Those who are reluctant to give up their lives a...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
Nirvana (Sanskrit; Pali: "Nibbāna") means "cessation", "extinction" (of craving and ignorance and therefore suffering and the cycle of involuntary rebirths (saṃsāra)), "extinguished", "quieted", "calmed"; it is also known as "Awakening" or "Enlightenment" in the West. The term for anybody who has achieved nirvana, incl...
Theravada
6,513
56d128f817492d1400aabae4
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
What book discusses bardo?
{ "answer_start": [ 206 ], "text": [ "Samyutta Nikaya" ] }
What book discusses bardo?
[ -0.06059972941875458, -0.06508474797010422, -0.16625255346298218, -0.08354416489601135, -0.05693706125020981, -0.29937875270843506, 0.15900802612304688, -0.20298366248607635, 0.19172760844230652, -0.07958265393972397, -0.32940295338630676, 0.24936391413211823, 0.10649517178535461, -0.15628...
Herman Goldstine wrote: "One of his remarkable abilities was his power of absolute recall. As far as I could tell, von Neumann was able on once reading a book or article to quote it back verbatim; moreover, he could do it years later without hesitation. He could also translate it at no diminution in speed from its orig...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
According to both Bronkhorst and Anderson, the four truths became a substitution for prajna, or "liberating insight", in the suttas in those texts where "liberating insight" was preceded by the four jhanas. According to Bronkhorst, the four truths may not have been formulated in earliest Buddhism, and did not serve in ...
Samyutta Nikaya
6,514
56d128f817492d1400aabae5
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
Other than Tibetan Buddhism, what other Buddhism supports bardo?
{ "answer_start": [ 13 ], "text": [ "East Asian" ] }
Other than [MASK], what other Buddhism supports bardo?
[ 0.014647082425653934, -0.07324935495853424, 0.037998370826244354, -0.010831048712134361, -0.20067188143730164, -0.14887011051177979, 0.48652100563049316, -0.06880485266447067, 0.025922244414687157, 0.11664963513612747, -0.45194706320762634, 0.31948187947273254, 0.08786046504974365, -0.3777...
The history of phonology may be traced back to the Ashtadhyayi, the Sanskrit grammar composed by Pāṇini in the 4th century BC. In particular the Shiva Sutras, an auxiliary text to the Ashtadhyayi, introduces what can be considered a list of the phonemes of the Sanskrit language, with a notational system for them that i...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
Traditionally, the first step in most Buddhist schools requires taking refuge in the Three Jewels (Sanskrit: tri-ratna, Pāli: ti-ratana)[web 19] as the foundation of one's religious practice. The practice of taking refuge on behalf of young or even unborn children is mentioned in the Majjhima Nikaya, recognized by most...
East Asian
6,515
56d1d04ce7d4791d0090221b
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
There is an intermediate state between one life and the next according to what Buddism?
{ "answer_start": [ 13 ], "text": [ "East Asian and Tibetan" ] }
There is an intermediate state between [MASK] life and the next according to what Buddism?
[ 0.09030893445014954, -0.06855655461549759, 0.10922107845544815, 0.11949703842401505, 0.30851155519485474, -0.002155304653570056, 0.34347572922706604, -0.11759001016616821, 0.2043672800064087, -0.11721362173557281, -0.24010060727596283, 0.008729611523449421, -0.07464321702718735, 0.05985412...
In India, it was reported that the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) censored kissing scenes featuring Monica Bellucci, Daniel Craig, and Léa Seydoux. They also muted all profanity. This prompted criticism of the board online, especially on Twitter.
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", ...
East Asian and Tibetan
6,516
56d1d04ce7d4791d0090221c
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
What type of Theravada rejects the intermediate state idea?
{ "answer_start": [ 130 ], "text": [ "orthodox" ] }
What type of [MASK] rejects the intermediate state idea?
[ -0.19311895966529846, 0.18274253606796265, -0.21946829557418823, 0.004988893400877714, 0.054316964000463486, 0.30261746048927307, 0.1729426234960556, -0.05408947542309761, 0.2521914839744568, -0.31004029512405396, -0.3908243179321289, 0.13099585473537445, -0.23049266636371613, 0.2507776916...
The two nations planned a joint mission to dock the last US Apollo craft with a Soyuz, known as the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). To prepare, the US designed a docking module for the Apollo that was compatible with the Soviet docking system, which allowed any of their craft to dock with any other (e.g. Soyuz/Soyuz ...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
In the Mahayana, the Buddha tends not to be viewed as merely human, but as the earthly projection of a beginningless and endless, omnipresent being (see Dharmakaya) beyond the range and reach of thought. Moreover, in certain Mahayana sutras, the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha are viewed essentially as One: all three are see...
orthodox
6,517
56d1d04ce7d4791d0090221d
Buddhism
According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate ...
Some passages of what Canon support the idea of intermediate stages?
{ "answer_start": [ 229 ], "text": [ "Pali" ] }
Some passages of what [MASK] support the idea of intermediate stages?
[ -0.04827285557985306, 0.03764217719435692, -0.36265915632247925, -0.04800351336598396, 0.4429584741592407, 0.35599738359451294, 0.3040628731250763, 0.0500558540225029, 0.139290452003479, -0.26615187525749207, -0.22668802738189697, 0.17185494303703308, 0.08945539593696594, -0.00636900076642...
In parliamentary systems fashioned after the Westminster system, the prime minister is the presiding and actual head of government and head of the executive branch. In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative (i.e. the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a largel...
Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the know...
Theravadin Buddhists believe that personal effort is required to realize rebirth. Monks follow the vinaya: meditating, teaching and serving their lay communities. Laypersons can perform good actions, producing merit.
Pali
6,518
56d0a422234ae51400d9c3ea
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
What is considered to be central to the teachings of Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 17 ], "text": [ "the Four Noble Truths" ] }
What is considered to be central to the teachings of [MASK]?
[ 0.3136777877807617, 0.2983880937099457, -0.2902657389640808, 0.12906822562217712, -0.0037865317426621914, 0.042335689067840576, 0.4146384298801422, -0.0196934062987566, 0.1794247180223465, -0.08662638813257217, -0.28227874636650085, 0.07820173352956772, 0.0038813587743788958, 0.06606788933...
American Idol was nominated for the Emmy's Outstanding Reality Competition Program for nine years but never won. Director Bruce Gower won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series in 2009, and the show won a Creative Arts Emmys each in 2007 and 2008, three in 2009, and two i...
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Although "Nibbāna" (Sanskrit: Nirvāna) is the common term for the desired goal of this practice, many other terms can be found throughout the Nikayas, which are not specified.[note 35]
the Four Noble Truths
6,519
56d0a422234ae51400d9c3eb
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
What do the Four Noble Truths explain?
{ "answer_start": [ 188 ], "text": [ "the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome" ] }
What do [MASK] explain?
[ 0.1720961332321167, 0.39675986766815186, -0.1017792671918869, 0.3715757727622986, 0.24555622041225433, -0.11278755962848663, 0.13727033138275146, -0.16551576554775238, 0.16871042549610138, 0.029247870668768883, -0.3214946389198303, -0.16605952382087708, -0.3509308099746704, 0.2429851740598...
Its mission is to provide high quality education, training and research in the areas of science and technology to produce qualified professionals that can apply their knowledge and skills in the country's development.
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
In its metaphysics, Nyāya school is closer to the Vaiśeṣika school than others. It holds that human suffering results from mistakes/defects produced by activity under wrong knowledge (notions and ignorance). Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyāya to concern itself with...
the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome
6,520
56d12a0417492d1400aabb06
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
What teachings are the most important to Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 17 ], "text": [ "the Four Noble Truths" ] }
What teachings are the most important to [MASK]?
[ 0.37510332465171814, 0.21701136231422424, -0.16038833558559418, 0.12430473417043686, 0.09518438577651978, 0.04524233564734459, 0.44084495306015015, 0.09314257651567459, 0.03766178339719772, -0.1415996253490448, -0.31415051221847534, 0.1567898690700531, 0.09532929956912994, -0.0515571013092...
The DIN system, officially DIN standard 4512 by Deutsches Institut für Normung (but still named Deutscher Normenausschuß (DNA) at this time), was published in January 1934. It grew out of drafts for a standardized method of sensitometry put forward by Deutscher Normenausschuß für Phototechnik as proposed by the committ...
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Buddhism traditionally incorporates states of meditative absorption (Pali: jhāna; Skt: dhyāna). The most ancient sustained expression of yogic ideas is found in the early sermons of the Buddha. One key innovative teaching of the Buddha was that meditative absorption must be combined with liberating cognition. The diffe...
the Four Noble Truths
6,521
56d12a0417492d1400aabb0a
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
What part of Dukkha deals with pain?
{ "answer_start": [ 210 ], "text": [ "suffering" ] }
What part of [MASK] deals with pain?
[ 0.08846109360456467, 0.21514010429382324, -0.22986671328544617, 0.1778278350830078, -0.11634266376495361, 0.23149040341377258, 0.275871217250824, -0.20989389717578888, -0.05576400086283684, 0.023969653993844986, -0.19862554967403412, 0.29042279720306396, -0.04971149563789368, -0.2202339768...
In November 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that they are adopting an open access (OA) policy for publications and data, "to enable the unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded by the foundation, including any underlying data sets". This move has been widely app...
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Buddhist meditation is fundamentally concerned with two themes: transforming the mind and using it to explore itself and other phenomena. According to Theravada Buddhism the Buddha taught two types of meditation, samatha meditation (Sanskrit: śamatha) and vipassanā meditation (Sanskrit: vipaśyanā). In Chinese Buddhism,...
suffering
6,522
56d1d0bbe7d4791d00902227
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
What is considered central to the teachings of Buddhism?
{ "answer_start": [ 21 ], "text": [ "Four Noble Truths" ] }
What is considered central to the teachings of [MASK]?
[ 0.3129248023033142, 0.30794498324394226, -0.29746711254119873, 0.1569654792547226, -0.0015382330166175961, 0.030431650578975677, 0.41222265362739563, -0.02430213987827301, 0.18913882970809937, -0.07435371726751328, -0.2798101603984833, 0.08570379763841629, 0.007105445023626089, 0.040469508...
Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that h...
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
Buddhism traditionally incorporates states of meditative absorption (Pali: jhāna; Skt: dhyāna). The most ancient sustained expression of yogic ideas is found in the early sermons of the Buddha. One key innovative teaching of the Buddha was that meditative absorption must be combined with liberating cognition. The diffe...
Four Noble Truths
6,523
56d1d0bbe7d4791d00902228
Buddhism
The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]
The four truths explain the nature of what?
{ "answer_start": [ 202 ], "text": [ "dukkha" ] }
The [MASK] truths explain the nature of what?
[ 0.3771447539329529, 0.35777747631073, -0.20906487107276917, 0.38564300537109375, 0.11371070891618729, 0.08035026490688324, 0.3480466604232788, -0.12098891288042068, 0.22859789431095123, -0.055466677993535995, -0.36663568019866943, 0.17555956542491913, -0.23799578845500946, 0.41039884090423...
During the last three decades of the 19th century a proliferation of anthropological societies and associations occurred, most independent, most publishing their own journals, and all international in membership and association. The major theorists belonged to these organizations. They supported the gradual osmosis of ...
In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāp...
The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda, (Sanskrit; Pali: paticcasamuppāda; Tibetan Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba; Chinese: 緣起) is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics. It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously rendered into English as "dependent...
dukkha
6,524
56d0a458234ae51400d9c3ee
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
What does the first of the Four Noble Truths explain?
{ "answer_start": [ 25 ], "text": [ "the nature of dukkha" ] }
What does the [MASK] of the [MASK] Noble Truths explain?
[ 0.18838025629520416, 0.249306321144104, 0.040026336908340454, 0.2062998265028, 0.11845935136079788, -0.01139356754720211, 0.5474439859390259, -0.364240825176239, -0.01996384561061859, -0.23336054384708405, -0.5223273634910583, 0.19310320913791656, -0.029598558321595192, 0.3177184760570526,...
Pesticides are substances meant for attracting, seducing, and then destroying any pest. They are a class of biocide. The most common use of pesticides is as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general protect plants from damaging influences such as weeds, fungi, or insects. This...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
The Buddha's death is seen as an illusion, he is living on in other planes of existence, and monks are therefore permitted to offer "new truths" based on his input. Mahayana also differs from Theravada in its concept of śūnyatā (that ultimately nothing has existence), and in its belief in bodhisattvas (enlightened peop...
the nature of dukkha
6,525
56d0a458234ae51400d9c3ef
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
What is Dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 80 ], "text": [ "\"suffering\", \"anxiety\", \"unsatisfactoriness\", \"unease\", etc." ] }
What is [MASK]?
[ 0.21777169406414032, 0.14820264279842377, -0.054969314485788345, 0.14694024622440338, 0.09014614671468735, -0.07755731046199799, 0.2449391484260559, -0.05306538939476013, -0.06867067515850067, 0.08619720488786697, -0.3616909384727478, -0.14941032230854034, -0.1818048655986786, 0.2207538634...
In a channel transupport system, several proteins form a contiguous channel traversing the inner and outer membranes of the bacteria. It is a simple system, which consists of only three protein subunits: the ABC protein, membrane fusion protein (MFP), and outer membrane protein (OMP)[specify]. This secretion system tra...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
Śīla (Sanskrit) or sīla (Pāli) is usually translated into English as "virtuous behavior", "morality", "moral discipline", "ethics" or "precept". It is an action committed through the body, speech, or mind, and involves an intentional effort. It is one of the three practices (sīla, samādhi, and paññā) and the second pār...
"suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc.
6,526
56d131e817492d1400aabbe6
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
What does the first truth cover?
{ "answer_start": [ 47 ], "text": [ "Dukkha" ] }
What does the [MASK] truth cover?
[ 0.3821161985397339, 0.19172605872154236, -0.15425436198711395, 0.40142735838890076, 0.2148130238056183, -0.27795204520225525, 0.2981465756893158, 0.02964266762137413, 0.2712078392505646, 0.2462526559829712, -0.22107519209384918, 0.31428414583206177, 0.08812186866998672, 0.18954527378082275...
The Polish scholar Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (together with his former student Mikołaj Kruszewski) introduced the concept of the phoneme in 1876, and his work, though often unacknowledged, is considered to be the starting point of modern phonology. He also worked on the theory of phonetic alternations (what is now call...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
In its metaphysics, Nyāya school is closer to the Vaiśeṣika school than others. It holds that human suffering results from mistakes/defects produced by activity under wrong knowledge (notions and ignorance). Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyāya to concern itself with...
Dukkha
6,527
56d131e817492d1400aabbe7
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
What is another word for Dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 81 ], "text": [ "suffering" ] }
What is another word for [MASK]?
[ 0.3114265501499176, 0.1096997931599617, -0.24412785470485687, 0.2571602761745453, -0.0403524748980999, 0.28055280447006226, 0.07627343386411667, 0.03800228610634804, -0.2872900068759918, 0.21725112199783325, -0.38003239035606384, 0.0292092002928257, -0.15708616375923157, 0.0833790153264999...
The principles of European Union law are rules of law which have been developed by the European Court of Justice that constitute unwritten rules which are not expressly provided for in the treaties but which affect how European Union law is interpreted and applies. In formulating these principles, the courts have drawn...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
Initially, prajñā is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to sermons (dharma talks), reading, studying, and sometimes reciting Buddhist texts and engaging in discourse. Once the conceptual understanding is attained, it is applied to daily life so that each Buddhist can verify the truth of the Buddha's t...
suffering
6,528
56d131e817492d1400aabbe8
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
What is another nature of Dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 94 ], "text": [ "anxiety" ] }
What is another nature of [MASK]?
[ 0.3463321626186371, 0.037051159888505936, -0.18053312599658966, 0.18083858489990234, 0.04175734519958496, 0.08930172771215439, 0.29981836676597595, -0.06261102855205536, 0.011005517095327377, -0.10366982966661453, -0.06842438131570816, 0.1362469494342804, -0.40008026361465454, 0.0259407702...
Convinced now that the Greeks (and therefore the rest of the region) would not have peace if left alone, Rome decided to establish its first permanent foothold in the Greek world, and divided the Kingdom of Macedonia into four client republics. Yet, Macedonian agitation continued. The Fourth Macedonian War, 150 to 148 ...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
Sentient beings always suffer throughout saṃsāra until they free themselves from this suffering (dukkha) by attaining Nirvana. Then the absence of the first Nidāna—ignorance—leads to the absence of the others.
anxiety
6,529
56d131e817492d1400aabbe9
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
How many aspects are there to Dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 179 ], "text": [ "three" ] }
How many aspects are there to [MASK]?
[ 0.40020662546157837, 0.21174058318138123, 0.0230693481862545, 0.23746050894260406, 0.11000116169452667, 0.41720306873321533, 0.09820149838924408, -0.14328725636005402, -0.10100895166397095, -0.09538255631923676, -0.12311579287052155, 0.3423641622066498, -0.026509126648306847, 0.02601176686...
The College of Engineering was established in 1920, however, early courses in civil and mechanical engineering were a part of the College of Science since the 1870s. Today the college, housed in the Fitzpatrick, Cushing, and Stinson-Remick Halls of Engineering, includes five departments of study – aerospace and mechani...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
The best-known application of the concept of pratītyasamutpāda is the scheme of Twelve Nidānas (from Pāli "nidāna" meaning "cause, foundation, source or origin"), which explain the continuation of the cycle of suffering and rebirth (saṃsāra) in detail.[note 10]
three
6,530
56d131e817492d1400aabbea
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
Dukkha can be translated as what word in regards to unhappiness?
{ "answer_start": [ 105 ], "text": [ "unsatisfactoriness" ] }
[MASK] can be translated as what word in regards to unhappiness?
[ -0.11243593692779541, 0.2238495945930481, -0.23547415435314178, -0.040614668279886246, -0.04168975353240967, 0.3980627954006195, 0.311252623796463, 0.0966053307056427, -0.11541932076215744, 0.011936713010072708, -0.34515032172203064, 0.10534446686506271, -0.23214803636074066, 0.16998615860...
Luther's writings circulated widely, reaching France, England, and Italy as early as 1519. Students thronged to Wittenberg to hear Luther speak. He published a short commentary on Galatians and his Work on the Psalms. This early part of Luther's career was one of his most creative and productive. Three of his best-know...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each real...
unsatisfactoriness
6,531
56d1d169e7d4791d00902235
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
Suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness, and unease is the translation of what word?
{ "answer_start": [ 47 ], "text": [ "Dukkha" ] }
Suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness, and unease is the translation of what word?
[ -0.008628488518297672, 0.14839428663253784, -0.19959309697151184, -0.03126339986920357, 0.0620248019695282, 0.20392267405986786, 0.38559800386428833, -0.16661792993545532, -0.2674526572227478, -0.07117005437612534, -0.18500234186649323, -0.005727156065404415, -0.38700565695762634, 0.035462...
During periods of unemployment, there has been a long pattern of emigration from the island since the post-Napoleonic period. The majority of "Saints" emigrated to the UK, South Africa and in the early years, Australia. The population has steadily declined since the late 1980s and has dropped from 5,157 at the 1998 cen...
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
The three marks of existence may reflect Upanishadic or other influences. K.R. Norman supposes that the these terms were already in use at the Buddha's time, and were familiair to his hearers.
Dukkha
6,532
56d1d169e7d4791d00902236
Buddhism
The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:
How many aspects does dukkha have?
{ "answer_start": [ 179 ], "text": [ "three" ] }
How many aspects does dukkha have?
[ 0.15430417656898499, -0.01737966388463974, 0.10605539381504059, 0.16993960738182068, -0.2035248577594757, 0.035887572914361954, 0.20935487747192383, -0.25687143206596375, -0.14724408090114594, 0.10812649130821228, -0.23600327968597412, 0.10882203280925751, -0.022992951795458794, 0.12975615...
The Nuclear Science Department at EPN is the only one in Ecuador and has the large infrastructure, related to irrradiation factilities like cobalt-60 source and Electron beam processing.
Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of...
Besides emptiness, Mahayana schools often place emphasis on the notions of perfected spiritual insight (prajñāpāramitā) and Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha). There are conflicting interpretations of the tathāgatagarbha in Mahāyāna thought. The idea may be traced to Abhidharma, and ultimately to statements of the Buddha ...
three
6,533
56d0a5bf234ae51400d9c3f2
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What does the second of the Four Noble Truths explain?
{ "answer_start": [ 20 ], "text": [ "that the origin of dukkha can be known" ] }
What does the [MASK] of the [MASK] Noble Truths explain?
[ 0.18838025629520416, 0.249306321144104, 0.040026336908340454, 0.2062998265028, 0.11845935136079788, -0.01139356754720211, 0.5474439859390259, -0.364240825176239, -0.01996384561061859, -0.23336054384708405, -0.5223273634910583, 0.19310320913791656, -0.029598558321595192, 0.3177184760570526,...
The University of Chicago Library system encompasses six libraries that contain a total of 9.8 million volumes, the 11th most among library systems in the United States. The university's main library is the Regenstein Library, which contains one of the largest collections of print volumes in the United States. The Joe ...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Traditionally, the first step in most Buddhist schools requires taking refuge in the Three Jewels (Sanskrit: tri-ratna, Pāli: ti-ratana)[web 19] as the foundation of one's religious practice. The practice of taking refuge on behalf of young or even unborn children is mentioned in the Majjhima Nikaya, recognized by most...
that the origin of dukkha can be known
6,534
56d0a5bf234ae51400d9c3f3
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What is the origin of dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 151 ], "text": [ "craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja)" ] }
What is the origin of [MASK]?
[ 0.10512889176607132, 0.23594656586647034, -0.25080233812332153, 0.10422470420598984, 0.1473037749528885, 0.3953634202480316, 0.08276232331991196, 0.14607830345630646, -0.12955839931964874, -0.1085827425122261, -0.08528872579336166, -0.33056527376174927, -0.13627083599567413, 0.605955064296...
On November 17, 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an offshoot of the Project on Fair Representation, filed lawsuits in federal district court challenging the admissions practices of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The UNC-Chapel Hill lawsuit alleges discrimination against white...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compa...
craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja)
6,535
56d0a5bf234ae51400d9c3f4
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What is the third of the Four Noble Truths explain?
{ "answer_start": [ 360 ], "text": [ "the complete cessation of dukkha is possible" ] }
What is the [MASK] of the [MASK] Noble Truths explain?
[ 0.21786744892597198, 0.3074742555618286, 0.03872606158256531, 0.21804094314575195, 0.12614034116268158, -0.017973029986023903, 0.5934073328971863, -0.41585126519203186, 0.004922107793390751, -0.2988103926181793, -0.5137500762939453, 0.22024236619472504, -0.09135393798351288, 0.275036305189...
The Earth contains about 434 billion cubic meters of growing stock forest, 47% of which is commercial. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991, approximately 3.5 cubic kilometers of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were ...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
The precepts are not formulated as imperatives, but as training rules that laypeople undertake voluntarily to facilitate practice. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of dana and ethical conduct themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely, even if there is no furt...
the complete cessation of dukkha is possible
6,536
56d0a5bf234ae51400d9c3f5
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths explain?
{ "answer_start": [ 433 ], "text": [ "identifies a path to this cessation" ] }
What is the [MASK] of the [MASK] Noble Truths explain?
[ 0.21786744892597198, 0.3074742555618286, 0.03872606158256531, 0.21804094314575195, 0.12614034116268158, -0.017973029986023903, 0.5934073328971863, -0.41585126519203186, 0.004922107793390751, -0.2988103926181793, -0.5137500762939453, 0.22024236619472504, -0.09135393798351288, 0.275036305189...
The European, American, and Japanese comics traditions have followed different paths. Europeans have seen their tradition as beginning with the Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer from as early as 1827 and Americans have seen the origin of theirs in Richard F. Outcault's 1890s newspaper strip The Yellow Kid, though many Americans h...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Traditionally, the first step in most Buddhist schools requires taking refuge in the Three Jewels (Sanskrit: tri-ratna, Pāli: ti-ratana)[web 19] as the foundation of one's religious practice. The practice of taking refuge on behalf of young or even unborn children is mentioned in the Majjhima Nikaya, recognized by most...
identifies a path to this cessation
6,537
56d1341de7d4791d00901fe1
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What is the second truth?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "dukkha can be known." ] }
What is the [MASK] truth?
[ 0.34037157893180847, 0.11462438106536865, -0.13667207956314087, 0.42179715633392334, 0.14841927587985992, -0.11356886476278305, 0.3633730709552765, 0.03780672326683998, 0.14214062690734863, 0.07728789001703262, -0.3604366183280945, 0.16549372673034668, -0.05964480713009834, 0.2725907266139...
Policing in Greater London, with the exception of the City of London, is provided by the Metropolitan Police Service, overseen by the Mayor through the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). The City of London has its own police force – the City of London Police. The British Transport Police are responsible for...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
In its metaphysics, Nyāya school is closer to the Vaiśeṣika school than others. It holds that human suffering results from mistakes/defects produced by activity under wrong knowledge (notions and ignorance). Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyāya to concern itself with...
dukkha can be known.
6,538
56d1341de7d4791d00901fe2
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
How is the meaning of Dukkha explained?
{ "answer_start": [ 151 ], "text": [ "craving" ] }
How is the meaning of [MASK] explained?
[ 0.3460823893547058, 0.25447919964790344, -0.0793445035815239, 0.21221785247325897, 0.10366662591695786, 0.17018525302410126, 0.2905162274837494, -0.1701800525188446, 0.048772573471069336, -0.05310971662402153, -0.4210379421710968, -0.007970726117491722, -0.20609498023986816, 0.236519291996...
Between 1590–1712 the Dutch also possessed one of the strongest and fastest navies in the world, allowing for their varied conquests including breaking the Portuguese sphere of influence on the Indian Ocean and in the Orient, as well as a lucrative slave trade from Africa and the Pacific.
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda, (Sanskrit; Pali: paticcasamuppāda; Tibetan Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba; Chinese: 緣起) is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics. It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously rendered into English as "dependent...
craving
6,539
56d1341de7d4791d00901fe3
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
What is a contributing factor to Dukkha?
{ "answer_start": [ 188 ], "text": [ "ignorance" ] }
What is a contributing factor to [MASK]?
[ 0.1285587102174759, 0.2959986627101898, -0.08063117414712906, 0.2314469814300537, 0.34586960077285767, 0.38020986318588257, 0.11188486963510513, -0.21504825353622437, -0.009595452807843685, -0.256034791469574, -0.027284303680062294, -0.2281947135925293, -0.2155809998512268, 0.1777861416339...
Southampton City Council has developed twinning links with Le Havre in France (since 1973), Rems-Murr-Kreis in Germany (since 1991), Trieste in Italy (since 2002); Hampton, Virginia in USA, Qingdao in China (since 1998), and Busan in South Korea (since 1978).
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Śīla is the foundation of Samādhi/Bhāvana (Meditative cultivation) or mind cultivation. Keeping the precepts promotes not only the peace of mind of the cultivator, which is internal, but also peace in the community, which is external. According to the Law of Karma, keeping the precepts is meritorious and it acts as cau...
ignorance
6,540
56d1d2c4e7d4791d00902243
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
The second truth is?
{ "answer_start": [ 25 ], "text": [ "the origin of dukkha can be known" ] }
The [MASK] truth is?
[ 0.3348666727542877, 0.14890359342098236, -0.18049770593643188, 0.36714327335357666, 0.13294608891010284, -0.042256977409124374, 0.3000904321670532, -0.013485611416399479, 0.10758740454912186, -0.026498932391405106, -0.31186342239379883, 0.23859232664108276, -0.058594077825546265, 0.1109885...
Gaddafi remained a controversial and divisive figure on the world stage throughout his life and after death. Supporters praised Gaddafi's administration for the creation of an almost classless society through domestic reform. They stress the regime's achievements in combating homelessness and ensuring access to food an...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
the origin of dukkha can be known
6,541
56d1d2c4e7d4791d00902244
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
The origin of dukkha is explained as craving conditioned by what?
{ "answer_start": [ 188 ], "text": [ "ignorance" ] }
The origin of [MASK] is explained as craving conditioned by what?
[ 0.27218523621559143, 0.09741831570863724, -0.0742882788181305, -0.007794706150889397, 0.06418952345848083, 0.32375866174697876, 0.28312304615974426, 0.0066651832312345505, 0.06928841024637222, -0.11660300195217133, -0.07584919780492783, -0.04549665376543999, -0.5384422540664673, 0.31516399...
The Syriac term Nasrani (Nazarene) has also been attached to the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India. In the Indian subcontinent, Christians call themselves Isaai (Hindi: ईसाई, Urdu: عیسائی‎), and are also known by this term to adherents of other religions. This is related to the name they call Jesus, 'Isa Masih, ...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) means wisdom that is based on a realization of dependent origination, The Four Noble Truths and the three marks of existence. Prajñā is the wisdom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about bodhi. It is spoken of as the principal means of attaining nirvāṇa, through its reve...
ignorance
6,542
56d1d2c4e7d4791d00902245
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
The root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance of what?
{ "answer_start": [ 307 ], "text": [ "true nature of things" ] }
The root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance of what?
[ 0.07197067886590958, 0.09726832062005997, -0.07478690147399902, -0.05882508307695389, 0.056908171623945236, 0.08575063198804855, 0.48235318064689636, -0.1859414279460907, -0.07321739941835403, -0.11474693566560745, -0.2707507908344269, 0.02792798914015293, -0.28354158997535706, 0.216491192...
Villa and Carranza had different political goals causing Villa to become an enemy of Carranza. After Carranza took control in 1914, Villa and other revolutionaries who opposed him met at what was called the Convention of Aguascalientes. The convention deposed Carranza in favor of Eulalio Gutiérrez. In the winter of 191...
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
In its metaphysics, Nyāya school is closer to the Vaiśeṣika school than others. It holds that human suffering results from mistakes/defects produced by activity under wrong knowledge (notions and ignorance). Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyāya to concern itself with...
true nature of things
6,543
56d1d2c4e7d4791d00902246
Buddhism
The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature o...
The third noble truth is that the complete cessation of what is possible?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "dukkha" ] }
The [MASK] noble truth is that the complete cessation of what is possible?
[ 0.016227899119257927, 0.09261605143547058, 0.002429298823699355, 0.1343945860862732, 0.05026424303650856, -0.18228714168071747, 0.4823279082775116, -0.18713825941085815, -0.013417793437838554, -0.07795564085245132, -0.6198170185089111, 0.19859091937541962, -0.19890142977237701, 0.367317110...
Season four premiered on January 18, 2005; this was the first season of the series to be aired in high definition, although the finale of season three was also aired in high definition. The number of those attending the auditions by now had increased to over 100,000 from the 10,000 of the first season. The age limit wa...
According to both Bronkhorst and Anderson, the four truths became a substitution for prajna, or "liberating insight", in the suttas in those texts where "liberating insight" was preceded by the four jhanas. According to Bronkhorst, the four truths may not have been formulated in earliest Buddhism, and did not serve in ...
While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compa...
dukkha
6,544
56d0a745234ae51400d9c3fa
Buddhism
The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R...
What is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "The Noble Eightfold Path" ] }
What is the [MASK] of the Buddha 's [MASK] Noble Truths?
[ 0.287426233291626, 0.4193955361843109, -0.13039547204971313, 0.13202941417694092, 0.03397120535373688, 0.08054818958044052, 0.5976781845092773, -0.16973654925823212, -0.1083177998661995, -0.09269119799137115, -0.5403518080711365, 0.3366856575012207, -0.017174456268548965, 0.045799318701028...
The US ended World War I with two 3-inch AA guns and improvements were developed throughout the inter-war period. However, in 1924 work started on a new 105 mm static mounting AA gun, but only a few were produced by the mid-1930s because by this time work had started on the 90 mm AA gun, with mobile carriages and stati...
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des...
Śīla refers to overall principles of ethical behavior. There are several levels of sīla, which correspond to "basic morality" (five precepts), "basic morality with asceticism" (eight precepts), "novice monkhood" (ten precepts) and "monkhood" (Vinaya or Patimokkha). Lay people generally undertake to live by the five pre...
The Noble Eightfold Path
6,545