Buddhism / Meditation

Question 1

What are the three types of Buddhist training?

Answer 1

Morality
Concentration
Insight

Question 2

What is morality in Buddhism?

Answer 2

Anything that benefits others is practicing morality

If you have good intentions to help others, you are practicing morality

Question 3

What is concentration training in Buddhism?

Answer 3

The ability to steady and focus the mind on whatever you wish

And to achieve profound altered stated of consciousness through this

Question 4

What is insight training in Buddhism?

Answer 4

Noticing that sensations arise and vanish, and that this is all there is to consciousness.

Question 5

What is the true nature of things? 3 aspects useful to chant in meditation

Answer 5

Nothing lasts
Nothing satisfies
Nothing is me

Question 6

What is the actual nature of experiential reality?

Answer 6

Absolute transience. Nothing lasts. It’s just vibrating stuff.

There is no permanent self and not even a watcher of the mind

Question 7

How should you meditate?

Answer 7

1 - concentration - Focus intently on the breath or a phrase

2 - insight - note the awareness of your transient nature (rising, falling, thinking, singing, vibrating)

Question 8

What did the Buddha say about fear?

Answer 8

‘Nothing can harm a man so much as his own thoughts untamed’