Doubt ( vicikiccha ) is one of the five hindrances. It means all practicioners have to deal with it. And I guess it means that only in jhana this hindrance is gone ( temporaly ).
Or am I wrong here? ( Vicikiccha strikes again )
Doubt ( vicikiccha ) is one of the five hindrances. It means all practicioners have to deal with it. And I guess it means that only in jhana this hindrance is gone ( temporaly ).
It'll only be completely gone once attaining Sotapanna (ref: Vicikiccha )Tennok wrote:Doubt ( vicikiccha ) is one of the five hindrances...
seeker242 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:10 pm Seems common in people with little faith or understanding who also cannot reason correctly. I personally mostly have seen it in people who think in an all or nothing/black and white approach. AKA, I can't attain enlightenment in this lifetime, too much defilement. Therefore, any practice is pointless since I won't be attaining enlightenment anyway. That's not a reasonable way to think. And it doesn't make any sense according to the teaching of Buddhism. The notion of kamma dictates that it's impossible for legitimate practicing to have no beneficial effects. Good action always has good effects, somewhere, somehow. Such excuses are also said by people who are just lazy. They don't want to make an effort, so they rationalize up an excuse so they don't have to make the effort.
it is annoying when people try to reduce Buddhism (and specifically meditation) to some self-help quick fix.wenjaforever wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:44 am I'm actually annoyed by the fact that some people think that Buddhism is some rehab place for healing and that nonsense. Buddhism is about the truth not about being saccharine and fake.