Context and question: In Theravada Buddhism, the cause of human existence and suffering is identified as craving, which carries with it the various defilements. These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion. These are believed deeply rooted afflictions of the mind that create suffering and stress. To be free from suffering and stress, these defilements must be permanently uprooted through internal investigation, analyzing, experiencing, and understanding of the true nature of those defilements by using jhana, a technique of the Noble Eightfold Path. It then leads the meditator to realize the Four Noble Truths, Enlightenment and Nibbana. Nibbana is the ultimate goal of Theravadins.
In Theravada Buddhism, what is the cause of human existence and suffering?
Answer: craving
Context and question: Until the 1980s, the governor of the Federal District was appointed by the Federal Government, and the laws of Brasilia were issued by the Brazilian Federal Senate. With the Constitution of 1988 Brasilia gained the right to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly (Camara Legislativa) was elected to exercise legislative power. The Federal District does not have a Judicial Power of its own. The Judicial Power which serves the Federal District also serves federal territories. Currently, Brazil does not have any territories, therefore, for now the courts serve only cases from the Federal District.
What does the District Assembly not have currently?
Answer: unanswerable
Context and question: Some countries were not included for various reasons, mainly the unavailability of certain crucial data. The following United Nations Member States were not included in the 2011 report: North Korea, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, San Marino, South Sudan, Somalia and Tuvalu.
What is the main reason that countries were excluded from the 2011 report?
Answer:
unavailability of certain crucial data