Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

Questions include: how to dislike people less; karmic effects of self-deletion; monism, knowledge, and truth; the universe obeying equations; logical contradictions and truth; the 500 year lifespan of Buddhism; delusions of grandeur in solitary monks; getting a new job; utterly despising the human race; Narendra Modi praising Buddhism; one thing arising from another; the purpose(s) of philosophy; the respective goals of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism; Sadhguru; why the Bhikkhuni Order died out; my favorite periods and wars in history; timelessness vs. eternity; the effects of storms on my bodily system; if I had to worship a Hindu god; avoiding philosophy; benefits of philosophy in everyday life; traditionalism; the strictness of nuns’ rules; Aladdin the movie; the ethics of monks listening to music; and case 5 from the Gateless Gate.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: karma and objective morality; how enlightened am I; wearing a mask in public when one is unwell; the fad of mask-wearing; NOT wearing a mask in public when one is unwell; my best argument for the truth of Buddhism; the “house maker” seen by the Buddha; impermanence and arithmetic; why very low IQ people are less unhappy; the Buddha and the philosopher’s stone; thoughts on Heidegger; Heidegger’s thoughts on Greek philosophy; philosophers, sages, and saints; my daily habits; starting a Dharma school; the “dhammic non-verbal off-ramp”; is the body immersed in the Absolute; the origins of Mahayana Buddhism; Buddhism and the existence of physical matter; and a metaphorical comparison of fire and unenlightenment.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

Next I was going to get Grok (X's AI) to stretch the Buddha's earlobes and make his robe more ancient-looking (instead of looking like a modern Thai robe), but I had to wait or pay money, so this is it.Questions include: the most important philosophers to study; the ethics of spanking one’s children; violent monks; a Kantian approach to Dhamma; why believe that enlightenment is possible; owning weapons in the USA; Buddhist monks walking to Washington DC; progress in meditation; what realization caused me to stop meditating; western monks who disrobed and continued living in Burma; the social status of disrobed monks; westerners who marry Burmese women; body conditioning as a monk; Milarepa; the modern nation that most closely resembles the Buddha’s India; what spirit is; what is the container for karma; the emotional inertia of enlightened beings; AI and the technological singularity; Nietzsche; do monks really not masturbate; what passes on to the next life; my favorite word; old man noises; circumcision; Lindsay Graham; neither existing or not existing; the destruction of the Buddha’s homeland; psychic powers from meditative practice; the Buddhist march for peace again; my opinion of Trump after Venezuela and Greenland controversies; corruptions in the Buddhist texts; monks not living by “dhammas”; good translations for “dukkha”; being investigated by the Burmese secret police; how long to meditate in long sessions; and tips on beginning mindfulness meditators. 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: historic events that I missed in Burma; culture shock on my return to the USA; O. J. Simpson; animal knowledge and pseudo-intellectuals; evil done with perfect mindfulness; meditation and disassociation; to be or not to be; ven. Ajahn Sona; ven. Nāgārjuna; interesting bodhisattvas; supernatural elements in the suttas; “Industrial Society and Its Future”; working out (physical training) as a monk; treating wounds alone in a forest; consciousness and Nibbāna; Trump snatching Maduro; different early Buddhist Vinayas; Theravadins who don’t believe Abhidhamma; natural disasters in Burma/Myanmar; neo-Nazi skinheads in the 1980s; encountering or reencountering Dharma the first time; reality of reality; reality or fake reality as a paradox; Bodhisattva vows; a story about the foulness of the body; enlightened and/or famous bhikkhunis; Ethiopians and Ethiopia; monks using betel, tobacco, and kratom; culture shock in Burma; updates on an old hermit friend; direct experience of emptiness; and the mind in ultimate truth.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 meaning of Buddha and Nāgārjuna jumping off a cliff; the merits and demerits of women’s suffrage; Joseph Goldstein; ridding oneself of sexual urges; is pain unavoidable; the karma of eating fish; dukkha as dis-ease; uneasiness around certain people; the post-monkhood wardrobe; celibacy and health; Ted Kacynski; mental effects of recent technology; ethnic food prohibitions; premodern prohibitions on urban commerce; was Plato enlightened; the mind during a coma; consciousness without an object; choosing our own beliefs; the best Buddhist books; benefits of learning Pali; my latest literary activity; the Middle Path for laypeople; the size of the Buddha’s spirit; a near death experience in a hospital; Ace Ventura; Samsara as a too-realistic simulation; No Self and karma; “compounded phenomena”; is the karmic stream permanent; the wisdom texts of the Jewish Bible; reifying the Absolute; monks not looking into mirrors; prolonged squatting in Buddhism; and being ordained in America instead of Asia.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: an old friend who dropped out of the Sangha; how the Burmese can believe that the Buddha was 27 feet tall; evidence for no chanting in the Buddha’s time(?); Buddhist deities; defending a nonexistent self; Aristotle on slavery; a summarized timeline of my life; the ethics of inaction; Jesus as a reincarnated Brahma; the idea that only a Buddha can introduce wisdom and goodness to the world; an obscure path on the Middle Way; time as the perception of impermanence; how I first encountered the Atthakavagga; obtrusive unskillful thoughts; and why Thai monks shave their eyebrows while Burmese monks don’t.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 Buddha’s attitude towards chanting; meditation leading to “the source of projection”; Edgar Cayce; Pali for “the Left Hand of the Supreme”; possibly even better names; teaching serious Dhamma when women might listen(!); looking for love in Thailand; the Divine Spark in the Bible and the Upanishads; how to stop chasing certainty; how to stop catastrophizing; advice for an intensive meditation retreat; ven. Ajahn Punnadhammo; dealing with pride; do people have a duty to reproduce; is being a reproductive dead end negative; the change of consciousness from half-starved Bodhisatta to enlightened Buddha; the transition of consciousness at the death of the Buddha; understanding what is and is not karmic in one’s life; completely working out karmic issues; what jhana is like; a Buddhist term for a semi-realized or incompletely mastered state; whether monks are required to eat everything offered into their alms bowl; the Emperor Ashoka’s favorite or preferred school of Buddhism; nun robes vs. monk robes; lay life vs. monastic life; assisted self-deletion in Canada; is only suffering (dukkha) real; why I don’t believe the four stages of ariya-hood; satisfying “intellectual needs” as a monk; is there an ethical obligation to engage in philanthropic pursuits; (depression vs. renunciation); the Mahayanist *icchantika,* or person whole-heartedly wallowing in samsara; the early temptations of Buddha and Jesus; would I have had children if I hadn’t become a monk; time travel to the Buddha’s India; not going crazy when living alone; armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand; killing murderers as a moral act; life as a kind of large-scale doom scrolling; the meaning of *sankhara*; and ghost stories for Christmas Eve.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

(The thumbnail was supposed to be Aleister Crowley, Charlie Manson, and Bob Marley all sitting in meditation, but neither AI image generator that I normally use could manage the likeness of Crowley OR Manson. Marley was no problem for some reason.)Questions include: when did Buddhist texts begin being translated into Sanskrit; Buddhist explanations for spirit possession etc.; Emancipation vs. Enlightenment; was the Buddha a cognitive scientist; is Nibbana possible; skepticism vs. radical mysticism; culturally conditioned Buddha images; “the sign of the mind” in meditation; Burmese Buddhist monastic holidays; monastic culture; social norms and traditions at a Burmese monastery; AI pseudo-awareness vs. human semi-awareness; non-Buddhist paths leading to enlightenment; mutually irreconcilable paths leading to enlightenment; Charles Manson; Aleister Crowley; Bob Marley; be here now; nihilism and Nirvana; should universal suffrage be a political right; if Christians adopted more Buddhist themes in their prayers; and what topics the majority of the Sangha agree on.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: breath control in meditation; breath control in Buddhism; parasites and diseases in tropical Asia; monetary investments; Freemasonry; being chased by a snake; the essence of being “based”; reducing liminality; why Lithuanian so closely resembles Sanskrit and Pali; the Sangha as a stepping stone; karmic computer malfunctions; the Buddha’s politics; the history of Haiti; the full moon’s effect on the subconscious mind; this effect as a possible reason for uposatha days on the full moon; the ethics of being crushed by a juggernaut; addiction to comfort; my favorite non-canonical Dhamma teachings; what did the Buddha look like; getting a Buddha tattoo; developing psychic powers; Madame Blavatsky; Epicureanism vs. Buddhism; if the Buddha met Jesus; dzogchen meditation; and the importance of one’s final thought in Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism.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 aversion of some Christians for Buddhism; monks worthy of food stamps; Evola on No Self; what Hitler would to do Brian Ruhe; why Brian likes the Führer; re-uploading deleted videos with Brian; karmic demons in the commentarial tradition; the Buddha breaking his own rules; the Buddha teaching conventional truths; amoral observances in the Patimokkha; Vladimir Putin; the wisdom of the Dude in The Big Lebowski; “hope” in Buddhism; hope and faith; The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion; feminazism; the encumbrance of views; dealing with injustice at work; betraying the Buddha; emphasizing the three marks of existence in one’s practice; will power vs. karmic momentum; the value of etymology; Daniel Ingram; the value of “coming of age” rituals for young men; an ancient Hawaiian mantra; “Dharma” in European languages; the possibility of predicting lottery numbers; monks telling fortunes in Theravada; a new video with Otto; dualistic balance in Samsara; my opinion of Zen; and whether Zen can lead to enlightenment.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