I apologize for neglecting to include my fish tank in the shot. The amano shrimps are swarming today too, presumably because a female is releasing some kind of mating hormone.

Questions include: whether one should care about the desires of others; my best meditation teacher; accounts in Abrahamic scriptures; the truth of accounts and experiences described in the Bible; the Buddha on monks giving political advice; the ethics of monks sitting next to pretty girls on buses; disagreeing with a monk on a point of translation; chanting as a means of enduring pain; Parinirvana; developments in meditation; the fundamental nature of mind; Gross National Happiness in Bhutan; the 32 marks of a great man; the Green Monster; why the war in Ukraine continues; why there are so many homeless drug-addicted crazy people in America now; the American midterm elections; noses, Ram Dass, and other non-Buddhist topics; life and consciousness in plants; maternal cells in my body; are all politicians doomed to lower realms; should spirituality be banned; Nibbana as extinction; mental qualities of a person able to attain 2nd jhāna; have I ever had surgery; ten favorite music albums; advice I would give to a 27-year-old me; dealing with an obnoxious monk at Bodh Gaya; and why did a Buddhist country like Burma become a violent military dictatorship.

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