Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

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

Questions include: my opinion on Natural Law; Natural Law in relation to Buddhist morality; Christians vs. Pagans taking over the postmodern west; the motivation of sensuality in conflicts; cleaning a cemetery; the most difficult rule in the Patimokkha; a Zen monastery I visited; the special event of Q&A #200; volition and the uncarved block; what mindfulness is; what the mind is; attachment to enlightenment; what enlightenment is; how to know that one isn’t enlightened; meditating with cigars; delusion vs. suffering in Dhamma; the ruination of the leaders of the Holy Life; the four jhanas; enlightenment (or the lack of it) in various religions; old videos of me as a monk in Burma; the jhanas and their associated heaven realms; does one need to die in a jhanic state in order to attain the associated heaven realm; the authority of the teachings on jhana and corresponding heaven realms; and whether karma works like a holographic memory.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: why there are fewer enlightened beings nowadays; would the Buddha be surprised to see the current state of the world; thinking about dying; Nagarjuna’s interpretation of dependent co-arising; robot Buddhist monks; overcoming aversion for death and decay; what the Buddha said about death; unwholesome intentions and bad results; supporting conscientious objectors; the ethics of fanatical tattoos; Easter; the foulness of even a tiny amount of being; should warriors or financiers be the ruling class; gay son vs. thot daughter; Miguel Serrano; Theravada Buddhism as an atheistic religion; a large Buddha statue behind me; war in Myanmar; Right Speech for laypeople; the single aggregate of perception/volition and non-dualism; why the Atthakavagga is so radically different from other suttas; monks getting dental prostheses; my favorite non-Theravada teacher; why I am not a Hindu; the profundity of the Upanishads; and the spiritual benefits of prayer.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: thoughts on Heidegger; freeing oneself from the confines of religion; the significance of the number 84,000; doing another livestream; recollection of past lives; how to know if a recollection of past lives is not just imagination; renunciation in the west; the ethics of veganism; textual support for the idea that Nibbana is Reality; Buddhism and immortality; why be a monk when almost all fail; the karma of animals; what karma causes animals to be slaughtered; when do children start making karma; petting the puppy; the formerly most Buddhist non-Buddhist country; “spiritual bypass”; how to bypass spiritual bypass; the nature of volition; and the relation of perception/volition to the uncarved block.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: Catholic vs. Theravadin explanations for the inability to master deep contemplative states; psychedelics and genuine mystical/spiritual experiences; if the Buddha took LSD; the religion of the future; group karma; the animal mind and enlightenment; extreme generosity and virtue in Buddhist stories; why men are more likely to die of a broken heart; healing chants; sexual energy and healing energy; why the monk Godhika self-deleted; monks scamming for money; third-world planet; words to a person trying to end his addiction to alcohol; the one aggregate theory (as opposed to five of them); F. H. Bradley and the one aggregate theory; the Atthakavagga and Zen; is there anything beyond Nirvana; feeling leading (or not leading) to craving (and suffering); Jason Jorjani; meditating with a string of beads; Tibetan Buddhism; “analytic idealism”; the monks’ peace march to Washington; the most overrated Buddhist text; and the most underrated Buddhist text.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: are women an impediment to progress; stream enterers; losing unification of mind; petting the puppy (but not totally spanking it); Big Time Wrestling; my favorite villain; ultimate awareness and impermanence; problems with conscious computers; my attitude towards a military draft; psychedelic mysticism; my favorite American…; the nature of delusion in Theravada; the karma of having a shitty government; counteracting negative karma; the mental health of creative people; the Buddha’s inner circle; Stevens; Styxhexenhammer666; secretly beaming metta; the (historical) Bodhisatta following monastic discipline; should one follow ancient Indian spiritual instructions; the best spiritual path in modern times; leftwing Buddhist activism; David Bentley Hart; the most important pāramī; distinguishing Spaniards from Hispanics; how to follow Dharma in spiritual Siberia; compromising with other spiritual traditions; maintaining continuous mindfulness; and why Mahayana emphasizes the bodhisattva ideal.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