We protest because we are getting what we do not want or getting what we don't want (dukkha). So we want to end this dukkha by protest. Is this the teaching of the Buddha? I am getting more confuse. If you got a terrible disease, and would die without going to the doctor, you should go to the docto...

Why the five sustaining-aggregates are dukkha? Is this because of the impermanence of conditional phenomena/nature? If conditional phenomena are impermanent, then are they dukkha? Is life a conditional phenomenon? If so, then is life is dukkha? If we can change the world to support for a good cause ...

We protest because we are getting what we do not want or getting what we don't want (dukkha). So we want to end this dukkha by protest. Is this the teaching of the Buddha? I am getting more confuse.

Yes, why not, if it is for a good purpose and with a good intention. We protest because we disagree or want to change what is going on or to support a cause. However, the Buddha teaches us to be "free from desire and discontent to the world", and the first noble truth clearly states that "life is d...

Should a Buddhist join a peaceful protest?

Look deeply into the Four Noble Truths. The answer is in there.

The first lesson from the Buddha is the Fourth Noble Truths. However, we often forget it when something "wrong" happen. How sad!

How does Right Speech and action lead to suffering? The Eight Fold path is for overcoming suffering. What I really mean is Speech and Action will cause suffering if they are not 'Right". I can revise the above as: 1NT is related to View, Intention (If in View and intention, we understand/apply 1NT ...

Thanks, My brain will blow up soon

Jhana4 wrote: So, what did the Buddha have to say choosing a Mac over a PC?

I think the Buddha may say "Let go all of them! Mac and PC. They all are impermanent, suffering, and not self"

I have a curious mind, so I often have many silly questions that may not relate to the practice, but they are sometimes bother me. 1. Why the Fourth Noble Truths has 4 not 3 or 5..? 2. Why the Noble Eightfold path has 8, not 7 or 10..? Here is what I have come up so far ... ( all from my silly logic...

If we always stay at present, here and now then there is no past and future. Therefore, there is no time.

In my opinion, we do not need to realize “how right view is right”. All we need is to be aware and accept. I will try to make an example to clarify my point. However, it is hard to make a point in a short example, so please bear with me and ignore my bad English. First, let me explain what I think a...

Thanks for your insights. However as you said " some people might find it easy to have right action but not right speech (it is probably easier to refrain from stealing, killing and sexual misconduct than from idle chatter in modern society, for example)." I think we do not have right speech because...

I think we can practice without a teacher if we understand properly what we should do, and why we are doing what we are doing. I have learnt the Dharma by myself without any teacher so far. I do not want to be influenced by only a teacher. With the Internet, I can learn from several teachers at the ...