While sitting seiza, should most of your weight fall on your butt, hips, or coccyx (base of spine)? I have read that you should try to sit really straight or even to lean back to prevent spinal load. I personally sit with a seiza bench.

After a sentient being dies, it is said that it gets reincarnated in one of the realms as a human, god, animal, hungry ghost, etc. Always it is implied that one being is reincarnated as one being. Why would it not be possible for one being to be reincarnated as two or more beings (existing simultaneously). My thinking is, if form is emptiness, then there is not much difference between one body and two bodies. Then, there does not seem to be much difference between reincarnation in one body vs two bodies. In addition, if there is no such thing as the self, it seems there is no singular object (the self) which must transmigrate to a single body.

I have recently started studying the teachings of Buddhism, so I have a lot of questions that I can't find an answer to yet. Help me understand Buddhism better. Thanks. What types of disputes are there? What does the teaching of Buddhism say about disputes? Is it necessary to take part in disputes?

In many suttas, the Buddha affirms his omniscience about the past of all the beings. Why didn't the Buddha say something about his omniscience about the future of all the beings, in suttas?

During meditation practice have experienced mind was stopped. But some says it is samadi,not the magga phala.but now I don't have thoughts over myself. They say magga phala is shut down .so what is shut down mean?

Are the words *Dhamma* and *Buddha Dhamma* synonyms? Or are there hidden differences between between both? Are these words used in different circumstances?

Are Tibetan Buddhist Deities real (external)? I've been to two Medicine Buddha pujas and a Tsog offering and I can't figure out if it's all just hocus pocus. Professor Tom Yarnell's definition of Deity yogas as "ascertaining emptiness as arising in or experienced as the form of a deity" (not sure I got it right - it's from a Tibet House video ("what is Deity Yoga?")I'm trying to understand. Thanks!

When the mind cease and breathing appear automatically ;means the experience of knower ?in which jhana the consciousness is expanding?

What does Buddha say about the question,"Who am I"? Our body and mind perishes with time. If so then who actually attains the Truth?

I know very little about the teachings of Buddhism. So I apologize for the simple questions. My question is why do some people become rich and others poor? Who gives a person wealth? Is there an action of the deity in acquiring wealth?

Moreover inline with this question there is somanassindriya, dukkhindriya, domanassindriya and upekkhindriya?. And Uppaṭipāṭikasutta says that. arisen pain faculty (dukkhindriya) ceases without remainder in the first jhAna; the arisen dejection faculty (domanassindriya) ceases without remainder in the second jhAna; the arisen pleasure faculty (sukhindriya) ceases without remainder in the third jhAna; the arisen joy faculty (somanassindriya) ceases without remainder in the fourth jhAna; the arisen equanimity faculty (upekkhindriya) ceases without remainder in the saññAvedayitanirodha.9

I am very new to Buddhism. What would be the most accurate way to practise and reach to Nirvana? Did Lord of Buddha show us?

What does *samudaya* mean? I'm seeing: "community", "arising", "the origin, or cause of suffering" When I read *samudaya* on the wiki, I became uncertain. Then somehow i read it as "ignorance together with dukkha", and somehow that made sense..(dependent origination?) any verification?

Wikipedia describes ignorance and delusions. This appears to be academic and do not find examples that are easily related. - What is ignorance? - How is it different to delusions or are they the same? - What are real world examples of ignorance?

Background: What I perceived was disenchantment, which seemed to be the cause of duhkha (a psychological pain in this case). In M 44 Dhammadinnā says: > "Now what, lady, lies on the other side of pleasant feeling?" > > "Passion > lies on the other side of pleasant feeling." > > "And what lies on the other side of painful feeling?" > > "Resistance lies > on the other side of painful feeling." > > "What lies on the other side > of neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling?" > > "Ignorance lies on the other side of neither-pleasant-nor- painful > feeling." "What lies on the other side of ignorance?" > 
 > "Clear knowing lies on the other side of ignorance." "What lies on the > other side of clear knowing?" "Release lies on the other side of clear > knowing." "What lies on the other side of release?" "Unbinding lies on > the other side of release." > > "What lies on the other side of > Unbinding?" … The translation from suttacentral is somewhat different: > “But ma’am, what is the counterpart of pleasant feeling?” > > “Painful feeling.” > > “What is the counterpart of painful feeling?” > > “Pleasant feeling.” > > “What is the counterpart of neutral feeling?” > > “Ignorance.” > > “What is the counterpart of ignorance?” > > “Knowledge.” > > “What is the counterpart of knowledge?” > > “Freedom.” > > “What is the counterpart of freedom?” > > “Extinguishment.” > > “What is the counterpart of extinguishment?” The same two verses seem to be saying different things. If I say, 'the counterpart of pain is resistance', that doesn't make good sense. In fact, the whole translated verse from suttacentral seems strange to my mind; the former being more intuitive, perhaps more correct. But still, what does resistance mean? Does it mean aversion?

I am often harsh, though I don't think hurtful, in speech about others, because of my schizophrenia and psychosis. I often believe they are up to no good and need to be stopped verbally from doing that. Can you advise on how best to work on that? I have not taken any precept that prohibits it, but then it is my default bad karma.

New to the idea of getting external help, too. I have several questions about this path after read this Q&A: - https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/15535/new-to-buddhism - https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/17540/how-to-get-to-nirvana What attracted me to buddhism was - Meditation: Practice it many times on Padmasana because I thought that was the unique meditation form. Then I knew I can meditate over a skateboard, too. - Mindfulness: Dreaming about achieving it. - Hatha Yoga: Practiced it many times. - Ninjutsu: Practiced it several months on Bujinkan Dojo school (not a recommendation to go there). The concepts I got from Japanese culture were great though. They are attached to Buddhism but I think they misimpreted the message. - Kriya yoga: Autobiography of a yogi. Some of my greater achievements: - Leave drugs - Leave alcohol - Became vegan - Practiced a lot in the non-attachment in objects and people too. These questions are general, mine are more precise. Please be open minded about my questions, they are very real. - *Was Buddha an artist of our times?* **Edit:** I know a lot of teachers, I don't know any monks I can remember. - What's special about Buddha? - Why should someone follow him? - I see this like being someone else. Is this a bad concept about Buddhism? - Why he has *in fist sight* all the answers? - I read that is some kind of comparison about Buddhism schools and Cristians religions, but I learned that Buddhism is not a religion but a lifestyle. Is it or not? - About Yin and Yang, is that part of Buddhism? - The 12 universal laws are part of Buddhism? That's all for the moment. Oh, I forgot, the most important one: About this little part of me you could read, is there a school recommendation? Thanks for reading.

What are the key aspects of Vipassana that are not present in Samatha? What is the main difference in the method from a meditator's perspective? Labeling emotions and feelings are part of samatha or vipassana? Does Vipassana allows emotions to rise more freely to check it for what it is while Samatha tries to avoid paying attention to it by returning to the breath process?

How do I know whether I am attached to certain things or not? Examples: 1. When we are attached to a taste, we will try to find more & more tasty foods. We can reduce that by getting a simple meal, cutting the extra meals or only taking 2 meals per day like monks. 2. When we are attached to clothes, we are trying to buy the latest/expensive clothes. We can reduce that desire by wearing simple and charming clothes. The questions are, **How do I know** whether I am attached to my career, exam results or not? (Now I am in university. I have to work for exams. Sometimes I feel, I am attached to exam results) If I am, how do I **work without attaching** to it? I read this answer already: [Should I do what I don't want to do?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/25669/17744)

I am not asking for an explanation on the whole "What is a Mara?" question. What i'm asking about is the being mentioned in Buddhism who has the command over all normal beings, the one who came personally to challenge,frighten lord Buddha. Is there an explanation to why or how a person become's a "Mara"?