Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

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

Questions include: why not auto-terminate?; how to break free of your dimensional limitations; the ethics of exterminating vermin; how I decided I had reached my peak in meditation; what changed my perceptions to cause me to become a monk; the possibility of willfully changing one’s way of perceiving the world; would I help a family member or friend who had been reborn as an unfortunate animal; Indian Brahmi script found in ruins of Roman Egypt; the ethics of sending politicians to the guillotine; minarchism; back pain from sleeping on a hard surface (and what I did about it); reverting to soft mattresses; asking monks about their food preferences; supporting the war effort; supporting “boots on the ground”; “baseline awareness”; translation styles of the Sutta Nipāta (and Pali texts in general); when the new book will be published; small sensations that remind me of Burma; is the Christian God a small-g god?; unenlightened people “knowing” karma isn’t real; the Buddha’s reported omniscience; a Catholic priest I once knew who was also ordained as a Buddhist monk; and if or why I couldn’t be a Hindu.URL Linkshttps://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgMinds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/Bitchute 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 Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestTwitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 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 idea of parallel universes; the demographic future of the USA; accepting toxic parents; the parents of the Buddha; what the Buddha would say about dealing with toxic parents; starting a meditation center in America; Buddhist militarism; passion vs. logic in the philosophy of David Hume; loving pleasant feelings rather than other beings; being honest about loving pleasant feelings rather than other beings; removing latent tendencies; enlightened emotions; Nyanatiloka’s Buddhist Dictionary; translations of Pali texts; the deal with the Jesuits; George Gurdjieff; gaps in dependent co-arising; Theravada as Lawful Neutral; why I don’t meditate much anymore; degrees of cessation; shaded walking meditation paths in Burma; circular walking meditation paths; postage for the new Atthakavagga edition; my favorite parts of the Atthakavagga; the ethics of getting a vasectomy; the “first process” in dependent co-arising; and trouble with the doctrine of No Self.URL Linkshttps://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgMinds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/Bitchute 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 Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestTwitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 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

Oh, I just noticed that I overlooked Yoshibui's question. "I'm sorry." It will be first on the next one, insh'allah.Questions include: do I ever say “I’m sorry”; Theravadin Tantra; encountering a deva; terrestrial small-g gods in Buddhism; gods helping with spiritual practice; transfer of karma through homicide; my current meditation methods (if any); explaining Dharma to beginners; the size of the new edition of the Atthakavagga; plugging in my computer; the demise of enlightened Jains; the evolution of politics and compassion; premodern beliefs and customs regarding the innocence of children; the “inner child”; connection with this “inner child”; enlightened non-Buddhists in the Buddha’s time; lifelong friends made in Burma; Dr. K and psychotic meditators; Orthodox Christianity; the structural problem(s) of Islam; is there a goal; the value of logic and philosophy; and the effects of superficial morals on the subconscious mind.URL Linkshttps://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgMinds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/Bitchute 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 Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestTwitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 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 enlightened beings bother to teach Dhamma; advice for living in a Sri Lankan forest; was I ever “self-deletional”; eating cats and dogs in Burma; the difference between being vegetative and being enlightened; are the Four Noble Truths necessarily and eternally part of Samsara; are there possibly realms of existence in which the Four Noble Truths don’t apply; secular professionals teaching mindfulness; why teenage girls cry; the Buddha’s teaching against interpreting omens, fortune-telling, etc.; Ram BomJon; famous western philosophers I most resemble (after taking a test); free will vs. determinism; the first arising of karma; the first arising of Mara the Evil One; advice regarding Asian squat toilets; are animals and small children living in a mystical state; are people with no inner monologue living in a mystical state; do entertainers go to hell; monastic practice reducing the chances of getting dementia in old age; Nietzsche vs. Buddhism; how dukkha is experienced by the wise; liking Asian girls; uncertainty regarding what the Buddha really taught; the destruction of the Buddha’s home town; categories of karma; transcending human nature; and how a monk guards the sense doors.URL Linkshttps://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgMinds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/Bitchute 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 Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestTwitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 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: what karma will result from making the “Roman/Olympic/Nazi/Romulan salute”; a functional apparatus for controlled thermal generation; the cause of most suffering; suffering aside from resistance and friction; ego vs. self-esteem; origin of mind; cause vs. effect; monks thanking laypeople; monks answering questions during alms round; what leads to long term benefit; sick monks asking for special food; women and honor; evolution and sexual dimorphism regarding a sense of honor; biology and culture regarding honor; modern psychology and psychiatry; cosmic order in Buddhism; the benefits of journaling; more on the Man up a Tree koan; a brief explanation of Jainism; signs of progress in Dhamma practice; the Buddha looking after his son; and what the Buddha probably looked like. URL Linkshttps://linktr.ee/pannobhasacurrent blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/website: pannobhasa.orgMinds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/Bitchute 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 Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on requestTwitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSCPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PannobhasaCashApp: $pannobhasaMY 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