Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

Questions include: are we all one; is a baby pure awareness; the subjectivity of conventional truth; the alleged subjectivity of gender; how does an enlightened being really know that he is enlightened; monks proclaiming that they are enlightened; the most radical Buddhist I ever met; democracy taken to excess; reversing democracy taken to excess; the spookiness of an abandoned monastery; the social status of Burmese soldiers; the relationship between Samsara and Nibbana; is it easier for monks to be reborn in lower realms; dealing with loneliness from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective; should totally messed up people self-delete; confession in Theravada; benefits of loving kindness practice; the hindrance most destructive to loving kindness; asuras; the ethics of hope in Buddhism; why is Buddhism considered to be nihilistic; the possibility of becoming enlightened on one’s own; the ethics of love for animals; dream world vs. waking world; Buddha images having special qualities; the correct order for reading my books; “skillful killing” in Buddhism; monks claiming to be enlightened (again); short-term ordination and whether it happens in the west; choosing a beverage; and whether defilements stick to us, or us to defilements.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 is the nonexistent self; is Mara the personification of the ego; tattoos, Nirvana as oblivion; Nirvana compared to deep sleep; Theravada temples in South Carolina; maintaining a connection with Buddhist spirituality; is Nirvana alive or dead; a psychedelic episode of disintegrating individuality; Buddhist responsibilities of a husband towards his wife; beaming metta; a friend who feared America; limitations to the US Constitution; issues ignored in politics; digital ID and digital currency; Nick Fuentes; practicing meditation on death; karma expiration; the politics of western monks I have known; politics as a distraction from Dhamma; the Brahmajala Sutta vs. infinite formless consciousness; nondualism as a kind of eternalism; drug-induced insights; Buddhist oblates; progress in meditation; Rumi; and the feminist ideal in Hollywood movies.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 The Trickster and the Paranormal is Important; Anglo-Saxons vs. other Germanic tribes; ancient Germanic religious beliefs about an afterlife; Vikings; Christianity as a Jewish Psyop; Zohran Mamdani; Taoism vs. Buddhism; Jungian philosophy; alien simulation theory; the beard braid vs. dangerous machinery; Myanmar’s location at the foothills of the Himalayas; “if you take care of Dhamma, Dhamma will take care of you”; the Christian equivalent of the foregoing; ordination with one’s wealth kept in a trust fund; my favorite wild mammal; my preferred coat of arms; rubbing one’s hands before answering a question; is Buddhism atheistic; donating a national flag to a monastery; monastic shingles; quick fundamentals to a beginning yet serious lay Buddhist; Buddhism and panpsychism and pantheism; panpsychism as an aid in understanding rebirth; why women are such “control freaks”; are precepts artificial; the canonical basis for the pre-Buddha’s six years of extreme austerity; maintaining sanity while living alone in caves; a monk regretting not being a layman; a layman regretting not being a monk; inspiring people to renounce the world; stumbling stones on the path to Liberation; justice as a virtue; was the Buddha tough; viññāna vs. citta; the 31 planes of existence; does basic consciousness change; Buddhists liking Taoism; memorials for deceased ship captains; and obsession with moral purity on the path of Dhamma/Dharma.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

I forgot the freaking beverage today, and I ALSO forgot to answer the question regarding The Trickster and the Paranormal, which will be first on the next episode. Sorry about that.Questions include: the difficulty of acquiring a human birth in Buddhist belief; a definition of anarchy; Theosophy; spiritual hybrid movements; Schopenhauer’s Will; Dhamma causing people to become inhuman; what goes to hell; Buddhist equivalents of the Kali Yuga; whether some people are born evil; Christianity influencing mass immigration and Islamization; Buddhist ethics regarding legalization of cannabis in Thailand; the ethics of earning money by teaching Dhamma; re-ordination after excommunication; the ethics of torrenting copyrighted material; the ease of conversion to Buddhism; transgressive fourth questions; the allowability of bending or breaking Buddhist precepts; Kevin Maynard; the World Series; recollection of death in daily life; air fryers; stories of miraculous healing; the suffering of dying gods; and taking some form of DMT for spiritual reasons.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: classification of some Buddhist saints; the disharmony between conscious Will and human existence; the lineage of Buddhas in Buddhist tradition; the next Buddha to arise; was Jesus the next Buddha; defilements on the political compass; how the Sangha interacts with laypeople in Buddhist cultures; laypeople knowing Buddhist doctrine in Buddhist cultures; what the “end times” are like in Buddhist tradition; what America would be like if it converted to Buddhism; could western civilization convert to Islam; eutrophication in an aquarium; what Samsara is; Osho; do I have enough money; would I ask for money if I needed it; monks dealing with interpersonal friction in a monastery; does belief in anattā reduce conflict among Buddhists; marrying a woman who is anti-Buddhist; India’s “obsession” with poop; how do we spread Dhamma; is violent intolerance unique to Abrahamic religions; monastic rules forbidding monks to teach Dhamma to unreceptive people; 5 precepts in religions other than Buddhism; preparing for ayahuasca ceremonies; biological investigation of the infamous mRNA vaccines; and what the original Pali term was for what is sometimes translated as “solar system.”

Questions include: the difference between wisdom and non-delusion; the first proto-life on earth; classical western civ vs. modern western civ; forgiveness of enemies in Buddhism; violent self-defense in Buddhism; pacifism vs. militarism; Erika Kirk; using a meditation cushion; benevolent paccekabuddhas; quieting the monkey mind; differentiating “miracles” from naive assumptions; nuns’ prohibition on sitting crosslegged; my favorite coffee; milk in Burma; comparing ancient, medieval, and modern western civ; and denial of death in ancient Indian philosophy.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 best mental state for facing death; monks taking psychedelics; laypeople taking psychedelics; knowing or deducing past lives; “powers” strengthening faith in Dharma; the “mechanism” of animal sacrifice; low and small beds; out of body experiences resulting from meditation; is Mahayana false Buddhism; religious people not really being religious; the value of being bored; irreducible complexity in cells; how enlightened beings can be equanimous AND feel compassion; the longest I ever went without sleep; must a monastery’s abbot be the preceptor of ordinations; the most important factor determining the quality of one’s rebirth; misconceptions of early western Buddhist scholars; spiritual healing and its possible dangers; construction trades; Guru Viking; psychedelics and the fifth precept; the ethics of microdosing; future talks with Brian and/or Otto; Jesus, the Buddha, and buildings; Metallica vs. Megadeth; the lyrics of “Rational Gaze”; seeing Matrix codes while on DMT; the Bhagavad Gita; is spiritual progress personal or impersonal; the ethics of logging; deliberate nonsense in the Bible; the eventual disappearance of the Abhidhamma Pitaka; the possibility of re-ordaining; (answering transgressive fourth questions); being bitten by a dog in Burma; politicians vs. women as manipulators; and pets and other domesticated animals in the Pali texts.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 I am still a Buddhist; correct frequency and tone for AUM; living with man’s inhumanity to man; how I write; writing tips for a budding author; the famous Yuri Bezmenov interview; “Trust Dharma”; xenophobia; “Nowhere Man”; killing without negative mental states; an enlightened executioner; dropping out of the monkhood in postmodern times; monks drinking hot cocoa in the evening; Schopenhauer vs. Hume; Alex O’Connor vs. Hume; mindfulness vs. “counter-meditations”; how much of the Tipitaka is authentic; my dream life; inspiring others to renounce the world; the Cūla Vedalla Sutta; and whether Charlie Kirk’s assassination has led to a resurgence of Christianity.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 I chant so fast; whether Christianity civilized Europe; returning to Neo-Paganism; Schopenhauer’s ontology; working on ships; Mandala (1981); bhikkhuni ordination; sensual love in Pali and Greek; calling the Buddha a beggar; the ethics of prosperous societies; whether men or women are more religious; the ethics of dark pessimism; vimutti; a Buddhist foundation for social-political practice; a template for rebirth; numerology; Delueze’s concept of the “body without organs”; defining “self”; self vs. subject; and my opinion of woke leftists celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk. 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 syllable AUM; whether the mind is born and dies; Dhamma and the death penalty; feeling like an imposter; monks looking into a mirror; sanghadisesa #3; living in dependence on a preceptor; time flowing from future to past; Charlie Kirk; Iryna Zarutska; enlightened animals; the Mahasi method; the insight knowledges and the four stages of Ariya-hood; the ethics of the first and second amendments of the US Constitution; going to Europe; Buddhism’s lack of emphasis on society; fear of wild animals; what I would have done if I hadn’t become a monk; exalted meditative states; “turtle head disease”; dangers of No Self; the nationalities of my viewers; the Ship of Theseus paradox; Charlie Kirk’s karma; monks doing carpentry (etc.) at monasteries; and my participation in monastery building projects.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