Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

Question & Answer #206: from Dealing with a Celibate Spouse to My Favorite Ethnic Food(?)

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:15:14 -0400

Questions include: what to do if one’s wife doesn’t like sex; troubles with organic evolution; more on the ethics of lying; karma as a mental state; why sobriety can be less pleasant than drunkenness (even though one sees reality more clearly); the ethics of sarcasm; enlightened beings owning cell phones; cases in which people were openly disrespectful to the Buddha, and how he dealt with it; what Trump will do with Iran; the (largely western) attempts to revive the Bhikkhuni Sangha as a sign of western supremacism or dominance; does everything happen for the best in the grand scheme of things; what if one’s Buddhist practice is all wrong; the Questions of King Milinda; how I came up with the simile of the block of marble; the Dhammapada; scientific theories about the distant past; do I follow Buddha’s teachings; do bhikkhus always wear monastic robes; is Samsara eternal; The Sopranos; the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism; explaining “mature souls” or “old souls” in Dhamma and Dharma; dangerous Asian women; my wife and meditation; “the time I was attacked by ogres”; and my favorite ethnic food.

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MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #205: from the Origin of the Universe to Correct Pronunciation of Pali

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:15:44 -0400

Questions include: what Buddhism says about the origin of the universe and the human race; my personal opinion on the same question; taming the animal mind; the concept of the kalāpa in Buddhist philosophy; the ethics of preventing a metaphorical zombie apocalypse; stealing without a concept of property rights; the phenomenon of modern video gaming; Nietzsche and Buddhism; why the “noble lie” is unethical; lying with good intentions; the essence that created karma in the first place; was the first karma enlightened; Buddhism and the interplay of energies; the meaning of Be Happy; the inequality of a spiritual hierarchy; westerners feeling uncomfortable at Asian temples; making the most of spraying pesticides; and the correct pronunciation of the Pali language.

URL Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #204: from the Karma of Meeting Dharma to the Dharma of Ethnic Identitarianism

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:08:45 -0400

Questions include: does meeting Dhamma in this life require having met it in a previous one; Right Concentration vs. self-hypnosis; are western monks LARPers; funny experiences or eccentric moments as a monk; cultivation of trance states vs. just watching TV; Schopenhauer’s understanding of consciousness; lucid dreaming; why people consider their childhood to be the happiest time of their life; the ethics of confession and Christian repentance; psychic powers obtainable through jhana; the experience of living in cemeteries; how I generate my thumbnails; creating our own reality; the possibility of genuine altruism; the meaning of Navakavāda; the ethics of nuking foreign nations (with good intentions); and Buddhism’s orientation regarding white supremacism (and similar phenomena).

URL Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #203: from Enlightened Berserkers to the Ethics of Confession

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:00:11 -0400

My apologies to Rui for scrolling completely over his question without noticing it: it will be answered first on the next one. Damn, and Gnostic Rocker's email wasn't included on the list. Those questions will be on the next one too.

Questions include: enlightened Vikings and Mongols; Burmese opinions about other religious systems; does time slow down for practicing monks; the purpose of the brain; how to know if one isn’t enlightened; desiring the cessation of desire; enlightened cows and dogs; do I follow the Buddha’s path; the claim that people don’t change; the natural state of the mind; escape a burning house or put the fire out; how to find the right monastery; Yin and Yang in Buddhism; subject and object in Buddhism; what is karma; Jung’s synchronicity; my favorite movie; abusive girlfriends; getting good at Buddhism; having an internal monologue; a group video chat on Discord; and the karmic benefits of making Catholic confession.

URL Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #202: from Taoist Enlightenment to Why a Buddhist Shouldn’t Convert to Catholicism

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:33:01 -0400

Questions include: whether Taoist enlightenment and Buddhist enlightenment are the same; the purpose of American birthright citizenship; the significance of American Independence Day and the semiquincentennial; neo-Luddite movements against AI; Alan Watts; telling coworkers about my past as a monk; the lives of ex-monastics I have known; do more advanced monks become more free-thinking; astrology; changing one’s personality traits; ancient attitudes towards negativity; George Orwell’s Burmese Days; worldly analogies to the Simile of the Raft; how I met my sweetheart; possibly the wisest person I ever met; shocking experiences as a monk in 21st century America; why become a monk; goal oriented Dhamma; Aldous Huxley and Brave New World; why I am not a Christian (or: why I don’t think Christianity is true); and why a person who leans towards Buddhism maybe should not convert to Roman Catholicism.

URL Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #201: from Thinking about the Future to Karma as Incidental Retribution

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:15:18 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #200: LIVESTREAM EPISODE

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:03:40 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

website: pannobhasa.org

Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #199: from “Podlings” to Confronting “Progressive” Buddhists

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:55:49 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #198: from My Unlikely Re-ordination to Animals Benefitting from Dhamma Talks

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:11:08 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #197: from the Authenticity of Buddhist Precepts to Jungian “Anima Possession”

Sun, 31 May 2026 11:15:06 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

website: pannobhasa.org

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #196: from Examples of Dependent Co-arising to Choosing Wise Friends

Sun, 24 May 2026 11:15:35 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

website: pannobhasa.org

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MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #195: from the Emergence of Consciousness to Ramana Maharshi

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:14:51 -0400

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 Links

MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

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Question & Answer #194: from the Buddha as a Catholic Saint to Confusion about Jhana

Sun, 03 May 2026 11:15:03 -0400

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.

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Question & Answer #193: from the Age of the Pali Language to When to Stop Taking “Entheogens”

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:01:59 -0400

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.

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Question & Answer #192: from Near Death Experiences to How to Get Rid of Your Money

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:06:01 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #191: from Natural Law to Patterns of Memory and Karma

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:35:07 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #190: from Why It Is Harder to Get Enlightened Now to the Benefits of Prayer

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:18:08 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #189: from Martin Heidegger to the Nature of Perception and Volition

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:15:00 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #188: from Induced Mysticism to the Most Underrated Buddhist Text

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:15:04 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #187: from Female Impediments to the Reason for Bodhisattvas

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:15:06 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #186: from Why to Remain Alive to Why I Am Not a Hindu

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:15:03 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #185: from Parallel Universes to Trouble with No Self

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:11:58 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #184: from the Ethics of Feeling Sorry to Deep Effects of Superficial Morals

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:03:47 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #183: from Why Buddhas Bother to Teach to Guarding the Sense Doors

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:42:58 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #182: from the Ethics of the “Roman salute” to What the Buddha Looked Like

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:15:09 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #181: from Disliking Humans Less to Kyogen’s Man up a Tree Koan

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:15:05 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #180: from Objective Morals to Nirvana as “Blowing Out”

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:15:05 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #179: from the Most Important Philosophers to Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:15:31 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #178: from Historic Events I Missed in Burma to Ultimate Mind

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:15:08 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #177: from Buddha and Nāgārjuna to Being Ordained in America Instead of Asia

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:15:07 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #176: from a Renunciant I Once Knew to Why Thai Monks Shave Their Eyebrows

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:15:04 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #175: from Buddhist Chanting to Christmas Eve Ghost Stories

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:15:02 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #174: from Buddhist Sanskrit to Democracy in the Sangha

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:15:00 -0500

(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.

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Question & Answer #173: from Secularized “Breathwork” to the Importance of One’s Very Last Thought

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:14:00 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #172: from Intolerant Christians to the Value of Zen

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:15:01 -0500

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.

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Question & Answer #171: from “We Are All One” to Sticky Perceptions

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:23:25 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #170: from the Nonexistent Self to Feminist Propaganda Movies

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:03:09 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #169: from From the Trickster & the Paranormal to Obsession with Moral Purity

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:39:42 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #168: from the Difficulty of Attaining Human Birth to Taking DMT as an Entheogen

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:36:22 -0500

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #167: from Buddhist Heavy Hitters to World Systems in Ancient India

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:37:35 -0400

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.”

Question & Answer #166: from Non-Delusion to Ancient Indian Materialism

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:15:01 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #165: from Facing Death to Pets in the Pali Texts

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:15:03 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #164: from Why I Am Still a Buddhist to a Resurgence of Christianity in the USA

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:15:01 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #163: from Speed Chanting to Celebrating Assassinations

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:15:05 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #162: from the Significance of AUM to Monks Working with Their Hands

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 11:15:04 -0400

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.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #161: from Hindu Morality to Enlightened Perception

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:18:21 -0400

Questions include: the morality of Hindus; the morality of Hindu deities; the Buddha’s mysticism; nibbana vs. parinibbana; stimulation causing existence AND nonexistence; child sacrifice in the USA; why I no longer sit in meditation; jealousy; species collective memory; do I think I’ll go to heaven; Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta; my study of Vedanta; spiritual traditions similar to Buddhism; beard braiding; Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya; Buddhism as meaningless nihilism; knowledge without self; clouds as mandalas; the ethics of imagination; infinite ways to practice Dhamma; why the Buddha didn’t want to ordain women; endorsing the first two stages of ariya-hood; is Theravada mystical; my most beatific experiences; seeing through a glass darkly; why most devout Buddhists don’t practice very intensively; the most advanced lay Buddhist I have known; advanced lay practice; the conceit “I am”; the ethics of aspiring to enlightenment; and enlightened perceptions.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #160: from the Vimuttimagga to Karmic Accelerationism

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:15:01 -0400

Questions include: why the Vimuttimagga is ignored in Theravada; why I like F. H. Bradley; missing rock ’n’ roll as a monk; Paramahamsa Yogananda, his book, and his organization; being on an Indian reservation; speaking fluent Burmese; a near death experience which seems to disprove Buddhism; lucid dreaming; the real Tig; book-publishing software; when a meditator is reborn as an animal; jhana meditators after death; discussing Islam on a video; visas for foreign monks in Burma; “Samsara=Nirvana”; the root of samsaric existence; meditation in various postures; doing “busier” meditation; and purposely exposing myself to miserable situations for spiritual reasons.

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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #159: from Villagers vs. City People to the Pernicious Nature of Ego

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:15:05 -0400

Questions include: are villagers more moral than city people; taxonomic categories; public nudity; chakras; meditation and right view; the origin and nature of spontaneous mental imagery; how enlightenment stops rebirth; the notion of karma as a means of controlling the populace; the meaning of “liberty”; my parents’ Christian upbringing; a transsexual monk; the purpose of reason; a postcard; Jainism; Shri Shankara; Mahamudra; being sucked into Samsara; breeding poison dart frogs; Buddhist tattoos; Gnostics; Sufis; non-Buddhist mysticism; pure mind storing memories; the purpose of past life memories; and reasons why Ego is pernicious.

URL Links

https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

website: pannobhasa.org

Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/

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YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos

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Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

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MY BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question and Answer 5: from Not Wanting to Meditate to the Lotus Sutra

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:36:10 -0400

Questions that I address include: not wanting to meditate, Buddhist physical fitness, meditating monks, intellectualism, mysticism, my 30th anniversary as a monk, chanting, Abhidhamma, the meaning of my Pali name, Amida Buddha, faith, geckos, karma, the nature of good and evil, obsolete (or damned inconvenient) monastic rules in the modern west, the decline of Christianity, the meaning of “Dhamma,” race/class/caste in ancient Buddhist India, congenital spiritual limitations, and the Lotus sutra and “skillful means”

Question & Answer #4

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:45:59 -0400

Questions in this episode include some on: Gordon Ramsay's attitude, traditional Asian Buddhism, monasticism in the west, the psychological nature of existence and nonexistence, ancient pre-Buddhist teachers, Internet Buddhism, chanting, SJW monks, basics of archaic Buddhism, the validity of mystical experiences, metta, health, rebirth, superstition, and the display of psychic powers.

Question & Answer #158: from David Hume to the Ethics of Lying

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:15:00 -0400

A hypothesis: the lag between audio and video may have been caused by too many open tabs on my computer.

Questions include: David Hume vs. dependent co-arising; why westerners become monks; positive responses from western non-Buddhists; karma in the block of marble; the self-sustaining aquarium project; when I met my sweetheart; monastic practice during the rains retreat; the title of my hypothetical autobiography; immoral monks; the inhumanity of Buddhist practice; mindfulness in lay life; responding to a Hindu and his Atman; is dependent co-arising permanent; Aristotle’s “Pure Act”; Aristotle vs. Aquinas vs. Buddha; taking Dhamma more seriously; my favorite Q&A; discouraging someone from becoming a Zen monk; no guaranteed enlightenment; seeking the unconditioned; The Book of the New Sun; Don Quixote, Erasmus; waking to fear and dread; Buddhist funerals; (not) attending Ajahn Chah’s funeral; keeping a Buddha statue as a monk; George Berkeley; gladdening the mind; my metaphysics; New Age and occultism; what makes a monk; the role of wisdom; Kinsman of the Sun; Canadian assisted dying; and the ethics of lying.

URL Links

https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

website: pannobhasa.org

Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/

Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/

Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharma

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos

SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma

Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa

CashApp: $pannobhasa

MY BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

ALSO, 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=1-1

3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Question & Answer #157: from Buddhist Causality to Woody Allen Movies

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:15:05 -0400

Questions include: Buddhist causality in everyday life; Qi Gong master John Chang; monastic sexual desperation; Bhikkhu Buddhadasa; Dhamma as gladdening the mind; Bob Dylan; avoiding conversation with stupid people; sankhara vs. dhamma in the three marks; when I stopped making progress; associating with normies; familial takes on Dharma immersion; religious strong and weak points; debating a Hindu; the problem of self; being drawn to Dhamma; belief in God; corruption in institutionalized religions; a new human with no karma; Schopenhauer; seeing mental illness in oneself; Buddhist halos; levels of conventional truth; is abstention enough; how to go deeper; “non-proliferative imagination”; “character is fate” in Buddhism; the good fortune of being ordained in a Burmese tradition; lion—birthday—pond; the ecology of my fish pond; the meaning of Om; the meaning of mindfulness; and my favorite Woody Allen movie.

Question & Answers #3

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:05:10 -0400

In which I answer, or try to answer, all questions but one. Including the topics of false saints, support of traditional Theravada in the west, spirit possession, nationalism, meditation, ordination, faith, Burma, Indonesia, monastic etiquette, food, psychedelic drugs, Bodhidharma, Zen, good translations, Julius Evola, and enlightened animals.

Question & Answers #2

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:45:02 -0400

Questions are about Buddhism in the west, basic Buddhist practice, mysticism, enlightenment, and self-immolation, along with a few other topics.

Question & Answers #1

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:09:33 -0400

Question and Answer 14: from the Unconditioned to Karmic Decision-Making

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:39:48 -0400

Question and Answer 13: from Transgressive Buddhism to Forgiveness

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:21:03 -0400

Question & Answer #12: Buddhistic Issues with Pannobhasa

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:15:44 -0400

Question & Answer #11: The Mind-Warping Middle Way (with Pannobhasa)

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:31:13 -0400

Question and Answer 10: Mindfulness, Love, Free Will (etc.)

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:52:24 -0400

Question and Answer 9: with Just Plain Pannobhasa

Sun, 23 May 2021 22:29:51 -0400

Question and Answer 8: from what happens after death to defining oneself as a ”Buddhist”

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:58:29 -0400

Question and Answer #7: from Nothingness to Leaving Commiefornia

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:01:36 -0400

Question and Answer 6: from Starting to Meditate to Dreams of Death

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:31:55 -0400