Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

Questions include: should one be optimistic or realistic about the future; is one better off not thinking about the future much at all; Slavoj Zizek on introspection and freedom; moral development in societies; does an enlightened being still have a subconscious mind; why did individualism arise in Europe and not somewhere else; is individualism or group conformity more conducive to the survival of a culture; have I met any arahants; the possibility of identifying an arahant; do I know of any arahant monks today; physical altercation(s) in my life as a monk; do I still do wilderness stuff; my snails; deep trance compared with Nibbana; the duality of samsara and nibbana; how many more questions; how do monks shave their head; the historical reality of Nagarjuna (or Naraganjana); killing mosquitoes in self defense; people being selectively targeted by mosquitoes; Heidegger and dependent co-arising; MDMA; my mother; and the incidental retribution aspect of karma.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

My apologies to the two questioners who asked questions right as I was signing off. Your questions will be answered in the next episode next week, insh'allah. Also my apologies to all for the strange lag that occurred during the livestream. My channel is being sabotaged by Mara the Evil One as a way of preventing good folks from hearing Dhamma, and if it's not one thing it's another. At least the audio problems of previous weeks was finally fixed for the time being.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: the difference between podlings and normies; the simile of the Simsapa leaves; dualism vs. non-dualism; the ecclesiastical legality of monks smoking cannabis; do baby boys play with their willy; the pursuit of happiness with a woman; karmic retribution and Angulimala; essentials for 21st century Buddhism; the etymology of the word “shaman”; keeping robes dry in the monsoon season; stream enterers and samsaric commentary; why plants are not considered sentient by Buddhism; mitigating gardening karma; can people engaged in wrong livelihood be serious practitioners of Dharma; the World Cup (yawn); visualizations in meditation; does exaggeration qualify as wrong speech; similarities between Buddhism and Kabbalah; illusory practice towards an illusory goal; Samsara = Nirvana in Theravada; monks changing ordination lineage or sect; what to do if someone grabs your woman’s ass; the ethics of defending the honor of others while disregarding your own honor; what if a nun gets her ass grabbed; the karma of people who take excessive pride in having a perfect lawn; autism in Buddhism; do gods and goddesses practice Dhamma in heaven realms; and would I confront “libtard” Buddhists about how they are “poisoning the real teachings.”URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: would I ever be ordained again; similes for Samsara; the Jain version of the five precepts; why monks are forbidden to accept uncooked grain and raw meat; the karma of children…; painful karma alleviated by spiritual practice; Sri Acharyaji’s insistence on a permanent self; “diversity is our strength”; “in the seen only the seen…” in actual practice; is my wife a Buddhist; Discord vs. Telegram; logic as a “path guidance”; stopping rebirth with bodily needs; being a good Buddhist and an artist at the same time; Kierkegaard’s Either/Or; anxieties regarding personal legacy; what I would do in prison; dangers of free speech; the possibility of being reborn into the past; illusory consequences of illusory actions; enlightened beings vs. psychopaths; awakening IN or FROM illusion; the ethics of not having children; the equality of the Buddha and other arahants; living in caves; music vs. Buddhist ethics; enjoying music without attachment; and can animals benefit from listening to Dhamma talks.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: whether the Buddha himself lay down the 5 and 8 precepts; a sutra about haircuts; karma, volition, and NDEs; the anarchists’ non-aggression principle; honesty about transsexuals; karmic crime and punishment; meaningless dreams; the ethics of enjoying a meal; serious illnesses when I was a monk in Burma; whether me being a layman is appropriate; jhāna as a mystical state; inseparable aggregates; the karmic effects of messing with enlightened beings; the most epic sutta; decisions with no self; why people believe in an afterlife; and Buddhist anima possession.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

I'm not sure what the deal is with the audio this time. I checked the audio before recording and it seemed OK...anyway...Questions include: electromagnetic examples of dependent co-arising; my more or less Christian wedding ceremony; wedding videos; new job, car, and wife; thoughts on paganism/polytheism/deva worship; friction with another person; extremes of emotion as mystical experiences; in the seen only the seen (etc.); meat karma for Hindus; karma being negated in Hinduism; a “true story” of a nun eating meat at the request of the animal itself; fluorescent lighting in Buddhist temples; sexual desire in older men; “extinguishing” sexual desire; why some people have trouble with too much prosperity; Socrates on developing one’s full potential; karma and caste systems (etc.); the reason for “homophobia”; is Ethiopian Fake Tig really Ethiopian; the ethics of ridding one’s body of parasites; an obscure verse of the Guhatthaka Sutta; and the trouble with choosing friends wiser than oneself.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: how consciousness could arise from non-consciousness; the karma of eating meat etc. (revisited); earning merit from severe illnesses and other calamities; what if I had taken the blue pill; the earth trumping Mara the Evil One; a binary choice thought experiment; an overlooked aspect of the Noble Eightfold Path; ecclesiastical discipline involving insane monks; why people prefer ancient wisdom to modern wisdom; gratitude in Buddhist ethics; internal conflicts in my past; how past lives are remembered; the ethical significance of frozen embryos; the ethics of ogling strippers; Sakkha squeezing juice out of a mountain; believing Muhammad; Sanbo Zen; Mahayana vs. Theravada; a new musical; why monks aren’t allowed to handle money; Tibetan lamas; why vote; the karmic status of Reddit mods; the first 13 suttas of the Digha Nikaya; why live a spiritual life if everything “cancels out”; my opinion on Latin Mass; and whether or not Ramana Maharshi was fully enlightened.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: Saint Josaphat; disturbances in the Q&A schedule; ancient Egyptian influence on Christianity; Abraham and Uriah; cosmic balance and meditative bliss; my best argument for philosophical idealism; the karma of Epstein; spiritual benefits of being vegetarian; what meat do I eat; Buddhist monks smuggling drugs; when Buddhist monks started handling money; one hand clapping; animals earning merit; why birth rates are falling; the most “dharmic” life forms; the Cambrian explosion; pregnant nymphs and goddesses; ancient Egyptian religion compared to Buddhism; gods knowing the Buddha’s attainments but people not knowing; Daniel Ingram’s alleged attainments; and Buddhaghosa’s interpretation of Jhana.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: whether the earliest Pali or the Ashokan inscriptions are older; why Buddhist ethics are necessarily delusional; arguing, curiosity, and Buddhism; is Buddhism realistic; how to start meditating again; my opinion of various religions; the decline of civilization and the rise of the merchant class; how Judaism would fit into the Indian caste system; how to go to heaven (in order to avoid World War III); the continual beeping in the previous Q&A video; the war in Iran; Alex Jones vs. gay frogs; religious diversity at Burmese monasteries; “reflection” as a Buddhist meditation technique; Madhyamika skepticism; Buddhists and Hindus engaging in debate; Arabian bhikkhus; positives and negatives balancing out to zero; Buddhist tattoos helping in one’s practice; and when to stop taking psychoactive drugs.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Questions include: the ethics of “crossing the bridge” in a near death experience; how one becomes a hungry ghost; the depth of the body of water of these questions; wading the ocean and staying dry; bumping into Buddha; the Buddha’s goal; health and performance boosters; Hume vs. Schopenhauer on causality; the ethics of following more than one system of ethics; Islam vs. neo-Marxism (which is worse); palmistry; why politics brings out the worst in people; perception and delusion; birth into the realm of ghosts; Joseph of Cupertino; acting like a Zen master; why I am so different from how I was in Q&A #1; what country I would want to live in besides the USA or Burma; a Buddhist near death experience; loving someone you don’t even know; Milarepa on not being a monk; paradoxical Buddhist tattoos; is hatred usually based on envy; basic cravings for a layperson like myself; why become a monk; perceiving smoke or vapor in meditation; celibacy for Buddhist laypeople; the attempted revival of Theravada nuns; why people don’t use psychic powers to win the lottery; Dharma practitioners expecting to be reborn as humans; and how best to get rid of one’s money before being ordained.URL LinksMY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_emailLink tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgBitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharmaYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videosSubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharmaDiscord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestX, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9DALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-13rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860