The motivation behind our doubt matters. “Skeptical-doubt” — vicikiccha — motivated by denial of Truth, acts like a mental roadblock. Creating indecisive waffling, it keeps you stuck and ...

Just out of curiosity, few years ago, I followed a course on Buddhism designed by a westerner for those who are new to the tradition. In this class, there were a handful of us who were born into the ...

Now, in Buddhism, doubt (vicikiccha) is one of the five hindrances to understanding Truth and to the achievement of spiritual progress or, for that matter, to the realization of any progress. So, Ven.

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因此这不是佛的过咎。 烦恼的类型 烦恼(Kilesa)有以下的种类：贪(lobha)、瞋(dosa)、痴(moha)、慢(mana)、邪见(ditthi)、疑(vicikiccha)、昏沉(thina)、掉举(uddhacca)、无惭(ahirika)、无愧(anottappa)等十种，它们使有情内心污染。它和五盖(Nīvarana)有密切关系；五盖是贪欲盖 ...

Nibbana is the state of the mind resulting from uprooting the three poisons or unwholesome roots called kleshas: ignorance (avijja), clinging (upadana) and craving (tanha)—later extended to 10 ...

It is always a curious and odd little matter, to witness how even Buddhists become so obsessively attached to ‘sacred’ lands and in protecting them, commit acts seemingly prompted by hatred, delusion ...