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Question 100: HOW CAN RELIGIONS UNITE AND HARMONIZE AS IF THEY WERE ONE SINGLE RELIGION?

Question 99: WHY DO SOME PEOPLE ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT EASILY WHILE OTHERS STRUGGLE?

Question 98: THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH MEDITATION SEEMS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE?

Question 97: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT?

Question 96: WHAT ARE THE FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS AS DESCRIBED IN BUDDHIST SUTRAS?

Question 95: IS IT TRUE THAT WHEN THE MINDS ARE TRANQUILL, EVERYONE BECOMES EQUAL?

Question 94: TO SUMMARIZE, HOW SHOULD ONE PRACTICE MEDITATION?

Question 93: WHAT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN ENDING MEDITATION SESSION?

Question 92: HOW MANY TIMES A DAY SHOULD ONE PRACTICE MEDITATION?

Question 91: HOW CAN ONE AVOID SUBTLE ARROGANCE THAT DEPLETES MERIT?

Question 89: WHAT IS THE STATE OF MINDFUL AWARENESS?

Question 88: IN BUDDHISM, WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF "NOTHINGNESS", SUCH AS “NO BIRTH, NO DEATH, AND NO EXISTENCE”...?

Question 87: WE OFTEN HEAR THE TERM "ENLIGHTENMENT" OR "AWAKENING" IN BUDDHISM. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AWAKENED?

Question 86: AT WHAT LEVEL OF MEDITATION CAN ONE BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE UNIFIED WITH DIVINE BEINGS?

Question 85: PLEASE DESCRIBE THE PROGRESSION FROM AN ORDINARY TO AN ENLIGHTENED THROUGH MEDITATION?

Question 84: WHY SHOULD ONE FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE LOWER BODY DURING MEDITATION PRACTICE?

Question 83: HOW CAN ONE LET GO OF EVERYTHING TO QUIET THE MIND IN MEDITATION?

Question 82: WHAT SHOULD ONE DO IF FEELING DROWSY DURING MEDITATING?

Question 81: HOW SHOULD ONE PRACTICE WHILE WALKING MEDITATION?

Question 80: WHEN SHOULD ONE USE CONTEMPLATION OF TRUTHS OR MORAL TEACHINGS, AND WHEN SHOULD ONE USE PHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES?

Question 79: WHAT TECHNIQUES CAN HELP WANDERING THOUGHTS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE?

Question 78: COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PRACTICE OF VIPASSANA (CONTEMPLATION)...?

Question 77: HOW TO ELIMINATE WANDERING THOUGHTS AND FOCUS THE MIND IN MEDITATION?

Question 76: HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THE MOST PROPER AND AUTHENTIC MEDITATION METHOD TO LEARN FROM?

Question 75: WHAT ARE THE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDITATION PRACTICE?

Question 74: WHAT ARE THE MERITS REQUIRED FOR PRACTICING MEDITATION?

Question 73: WHAT ARE THE MORAL PREREQUISITES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO PRACTICE MEDITATION?

Question 72: WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF MEDITATION?

Question 71: BUDDHISM SEEMS TO EMPHASIZE MEDITATION MORE THAN ANY OTHER RELIGIONS. COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE BUDDHIST METHOD OF MEDITATION?

Question 70: RELIGIONS HAVE VARIOUS METHODS OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, YET ALSO SHARE SIMILARITIES. WHICH METHOD CAN BE CONSIDERED A UNIVERSAL COMMON GROUND THAT ALL RELIGIONS CAN ADOPT?

Question 69: WHY DOES HERESY INFILTRATE ORTHODOXY, CAUSING DISTORTION?

Question 68: HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THE TERM "HERESY" OR “HERETICAL RELIGION”?

Question 67: MODERN SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED TO A LEVEL WHERE IT IS NEARLY CAPABLE OF APPROACHING THE "POWER OF THE CREATOR"...?

Question 66: FOR BELIEVERS, RELIGION IS INDISPENSABLE, BUT FOR NON-BELIEVERS, IS RELIGION MERELY SUPERFLUOUS?

Question 65: SCIENCE, WITH ITS EVIDENCE-BASED EXPERIMENTS AND CONCRETE RESULTS, HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION'S PINNACLE. YET, RELIGION RELIES PRIMARILY ON FAITH WITHOUT SPECIFIC EVIDENCE?

Question 64: THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONALLY ENLIGHTENED MONASTICS WHO POSSESSED SUPERNATURAL POWERS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Question 63: IN MANY CASES, SPIRITS POSSESS LIVING PEOPLE AND ACT STRANGELY, CAUSING THEIR FAMILIES TO SEEK HELP FROM MONASTICS TO EXORCISE THE SPIRITS. HOW CAN A SPIRIT BE EXPELLED FROM A PERSON?

Question 62: IF TALISMANS USE THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL SOLDIERS, THEN WHAT IS “NGẢI” (SPIRITUAL HERBS)?

Question 61: DO SPIRITS HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD?

Question 60: CAN SPIRITS MOVE FREELY ANYWHERE THEY WISH?

Question 59: WHY CANNOT WE ACTIVELY SEPARATE THE SOUL FROM THE PHYSICAL BODY WHILE WE ARE ALIVE?

Question 58: RELIGIONS BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL, WHILE SCIENCE EITHER DENIES OR REMAINS SKEPTICAL. HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THIS?

Question 57: WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION?

Question 56: RELIGIONS INITIALLY FOCUS ON SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, MORALITY CULTIVATION, AND CONNECTION TO THE DIVINE...?

Question 55: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN RELIGIONS?

Question 54: WHAT DOES THIS PHENOMENON MEAN?

Question 53: IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURES, DEITIES SEEMED TO HAVE FREQUENTLY APPEARED AND INTERACTED CLOSELY WITH HUMANS. WHY DOES THIS NO LONGER HAPPEN?

Question 52: THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE EAST AND THE WEST UNDERSTAND GOD. HOW CAN THESE BE RECONCILED?

Question 51: WHAT DID THE TWO FAMOUS ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS, LAOZI AND CONFUCIUS, SAY ABOUT GOD?

Question 50: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOD IN THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH?

Question 49: BUDDHISM OFTEN MENTIONS REBIRTH AND REINCARNATION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS FURTHER?

Question 48: HOW CAN ONE PRACTICE TO ACHIEVE INNER PEACE?

Question 47: WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD RELIGION USE TO TEACH MORALITY EFFECTIVELY?

Question 46: HOW CAN WE UPGRADE THE THEOLOGICAL REASONING OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A TRUTH BENEFICIAL TO ALL?

Question 45: HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN PEOPLE’S FAITH IN RELIGION AND GOD TODAY?

Question 44: WHY DO MANY PEOPLE OPPOSE RELIGION, REJECT THE IDEA OF GOD, AND ADVOCATE FOR ATHEISM?

Question 43: MANY RELIGIONS WORSHIP GOD WITH THE SAME MEANING, SO WHY CAN’T THEY UNITE INTO A SINGLE RELIGION?

Question 42: WHAT DOES LIBERATION MEAN?

Question 41: WHAT DOES A BUDDHIST THINK WHEN OBSERVING EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE?

Question 40: IS IT POSSIBLE TO SUMMARIZE THE TEACHING OF BUDDHISM IN A FEW SIMPLE SENTENCES FOR EASY UNDERSTANDING?

Question 39: WHY DO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT BUDDHISM IS NOT A RELIGION BUT MERELY A PHILOSOPHY OR WAY OF LIFE?

Question 38: HOW IS THE MORALITY OF MONASTICS CULTIVATED IN BUDDHISM?

Question 37: WHAT CAUSES A MONASTIC TO DECLINE IN MORAL CHARACTER AND MAKE MANY MISTAKES?

Question 36: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A RICH, PROFOUND, AND ENLIGHTENED SPIRITUAL LIFE?

Question 35: CLERGY/MONASTICS ARE TYPICALLY VIEWED AS BEING ON A HIGHER PLANE THAN ORDINARY HUMANS, BUT IS THIS ALWAYS THE CASE IN REALITY?

Question 34: CLERGY ARE OFTEN REVERED AND OFFERED DONATIONS. IS IT EASY TO LEAD THEM TO A LAVISH LIFESTYLE?

Question 33: CAN PRAYER ALONE ENABLE CLERGY TO ACHIEVE THE NECESSARY MORAL QUALITIES?

Question 32: ARE CLERGY THOSE WHO SERVE AS INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN GOD AND THE BELIEVERS, MANAGING THE FLOCK OF BELIEVERS ON GOD'S BEHALF?

Question 31: HOW SHOULD WE UNDERESTAND THE CREATION STORY AS AN EDUCATIONAL PARABLE?

Question 30: IT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S CREATION IN A LITERAL SENSE. IS THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES GOD SEEM CLOSER TO HUMANS?

Question 29: DID GOD CREATE THE HEAVENS, THE EARTH, THE UNIVERSE, AND HUMANS?

Question 28: WHEN FACING EXTREME SUFFERING AND DESPAIR WITH NO WAY OUT, IS PRAYER THE ONLY SOURCE OF COMFORT?

Question 27: WILL HUMANITY WELCOME ANY MORE PROPHET IN THE FUTURE?

Question 26: DOES THE CONCEPT OF SALVATION IN THEOLOGY CONTRADICT THE PRACTICE TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT IN BUDDHISM?

Question 25: WHY IS IT SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY HUNGRY AND SUFFERING SOULS EVERYWHERE WHO CAN’T FIND A STABLE PLACE TO RESIDE AFTER DEATH?

Question 24: IF WE TREAT ANIMALS CRUELLY, ARE WE GUILTY OF THE SAME SIN AS TREATING HUMANS CRUELLY?

Question 23: IF ANIMALS ARE A PUNISHMENT UNDER THE LAW OF KARMA FOR THE WICKED, DOES GOD DO NOTHING TO SAVE THEM?

Question 22: WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PERSON IS REBORN AS AN ANIMAL?

Question 21: DID GOD CREATE ANIMALS SOLELY TO SERVE HUMANS?

Question 20: WHAT IS THE REBIRTH PROCESS OF AN ANGEL?

Question 19: ARE THERE MANY ANGELS?

Question 18: SO, DOES THIS MEAN THAT SOME PEOPLE ASCEND TO THE HEAVENS AND THEN REINCARNATE BACK INTO THE HUMAN REALM?

Question 17: IT IS SAID THAT THOSE WHO LIVE A VIRTUOUS LIFE WILL BE WELCOMED TO DWELL WITH GOD AFTER DEATH. SO, DOES GOD RESIDE IN A SPECIAL REALM TO WELCOME THESE VIRTUOUS PEOPLE?

Question 16: SOMETIMES, WHEN BEING TREATED WITH CRUELTY AND UNFAIRNESS, MANY PEOPLE BECOME DISSATISFIED AND TURN TO ADVOCATING FOR LOVING ONLY THEMSELVES, WHICH HAS BECOME A HARMFUL TREND.WHY IS THIS?

Question 15: LET'S LOOK AROUND THE WORLD; IT SEEMS THAT FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HELP AND EDUCATE EACH OTHER. WHY IS THAT?

Question 14: THEN WHY DOESN'T ANYONE GUIDE HUMANS TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES SO THAT THEY AVOID THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY WRONGDOING?

Question 13: IF HUMAN DESTINY OPERATES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, IS HUMAN WILL STILL NECESSARY?

Question 12: IF GOD CREATED AND THEN LET GO, ALLOWING EVERYTHING TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY, WOULD THAT MEAN EVERYTHING WOULD DESCEND INTO CHAOS?

Question 11: IF WE DISCARD THE IDEA THAT GOD CREATED EVERYTHING, THEN WHAT WOULD STILL DEFINE GOD?

Question 10: WHY DO MANY SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY, DOCTRINES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS REJECT THE IDEA OF GOD?

Question 9: THE CONCEPT THAT HUMANS ARE BOTH PRODUCTS OF GOD AND INDEPENDENT OF GOD IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. COULD YOU EXPLAIN FURTHER?

Question 8: MANY PEOPLE SEEM NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE TO CULTIVATE THEMSELVES. WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SELF-CULTIVATION?

Question 7: IF WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THE QUALITIES OF GOD BY THE TIME WE DIE, HOW CAN WE BE WITH GOD?

Question 6: HOW CAN WE TRANSFORM OUR MIND TO ALIGN WITH GOD’S MIND?

Question 5: DOES THIS MEAN THAT GOD’S MIND IS THE SAME AS THE ENLIGHTENED MIND IN BUDDHISM?

Question 4: IT MAY BE EASIER FOR RELIGIONS THAT WORSHIP GOD TO FIND HARMONY, BUT HOW CAN BUDDHISM, WHICH DOES NOT WORSHIP GOD, FIND COMMON GROUND WITH OTHER RELIGIONS?

Question 3: ARE DIFFERENCES IN RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES THE GREATEST BARRIER TO HARMONY AMONG RELIGIONS?

Question 2: WITH SO MANY DIFFERENCES, HOW CAN RELIGIONS ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER TO FOSTER UNITY FOR HUMANITY?

Question 1: WHAT MAKES RELIGIONS DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER?

DIALOGUE BETWEEN BUDDHISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS