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.

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

Questions include: what intentions should be cultivated in order to live a Dharmic life; why pleasure often is a result of immorality; why most monks handle money (which is strictly against the rules); monks performing rituals for the dead for pay; a meme about monks in Samsara; non-human animals and enlightenment; the Buddha having “ganja baths”; Asian Buddhism and Buddha worship; right concentration vs. hypnotic trance; the karma of showing mercy to vermin; perceived parallels between Buddhism and Gnosticism; timestamps; handling insect infestations; personal paranormal experiences in Burma; rolling with insects; the meaning of dreams; the importance of following rules of monastic discipline; “The Violent Origins of the Mindfulness Craze”; how western Buddhists can discuss religion with Christian family members (etc.); riots in France (and other European nations); human NPCs; experiential distinction between concentration and mindfulness; physiognomy; mentions of physiognomy in Theravada; Clear Mountain Monastery; if the Christian God were unconditioned; legs falling asleep during meditation; would I ever do a guided meditation video; my top 10 books (plus honorable mentions); changes in priorities if I were to become wealthy; what I would do if I found proof that Christianity is true; the meaning of being an American; and an offer of surreal octopodal literature, and how I would prefer to receive it.

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

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

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

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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

Questions include: Dhamma calling upon our “non-linguistic ‘being’”; debating Jay Dyer; the Karni Mata Rat Temple; interacting with deceased relatives in Buddhism; four ways in which the Holy Life could be worthless; being a lizard or an arahant; an indefinitely postponed collaboration video; the creation of Trump by Israel (to destroy Israel’s enemy Iran); killing or sex (which is worse); enlightened self-deletion; “liberation of mind” attained (and lost) by the monk Godhika; Burmese belief in unbelievable texts; a roadmap for purifying the mind; Brian Ruhe’s spiritual advisor; changes in my internal dialogue after disrobing; my satisfaction and spiritual connection after disrobing; clinging to morality and observances; increasing the number of allowed questions per episode; Gnosticism and conversion to Christianity; the Buddha’s cousin Devadatta; the Buddha’s son Rahula; meditation and self-hypnosis; the ethics of consuming caffeine; why some people love AI and other people hate it; an expert denying the greater authenticity of Pali texts; the relative authenticity of the Atthakavagga; every being having a certain amount of heartbeats; everyday life in Burma; and how to enter Burma as a meditator.

Questions include: the meaning of sati (and whether the Buddha used the word); the karma of common vices; underwater meditation; the justice of earning wages; becoming less complacent; later Buddhist schools as symptoms of degeneracy; St. John of the Cross on bad meditation; a description of Nibbana; the Srimad Bhagavatam; the USA-Iran war and its protracted length; the new Q&A upload schedule; Buddhism on gambling; making sense of Idealism; humor in Samsara; the ethics of publicly declaring oneself enlightened; understanding dependent co-arising; asking more questions per person per episode; answering an accusation of Buddhism being “evil”; and whether a person with plenty of merit will become an Ariya in his or her next life.

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/

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 and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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

Questions include: oppression of advanced spiritual beings; what to do about Internet addiction; the ethics of buying and selling pygmy meat in the Congo; the case of Lindsay Clancy; the possibility of human immortality; is immortality even desirable; would I want to be immortal; the justice of material inequality; would equity be equitable (and just); why the Buddha didn’t condemn slavery; vibrations in Nirvana; was the Buddha’s speech mundane or supermundane; is knowing what the Buddha taught impossible; is the Pali Canon the teaching of Buddha; could a being in hell avoid suffering by accepting the situation; gossip on the Discord server; why is there something instead of nothing; the nature of time; Lindsay Clancy again; astronomical similes in the Buddhist texts; and the evolution of Buddhism and Christianity (from a forensic genealogical perspective).

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/

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 and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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

My apologies to Rui for overlooking his question. It was on the list but somehow I scrolled right past it. It will be answered first on the next one, insh'allah.

Questions include: my preferred translation of the Mulamadhyamaka Karika; why I didn’t want to master the Burmese language; Buddhist hells compared to earthly tortures; the Buddha’s last words; losing interest in things once held sacred; dealing with depression; advice on draft dodging; the ethics of reviving prehistoric proto-humans; the ethics of casual sex in Buddhism; the recent upsurge of communists in America; the possibility of a reactionary Red Scare 2.0; could the USA ever become really Communist; a genetic component to enlightenment; descendants of the ancient Sakyas; moral agency with no self; decadent westerners who don’t reproduce their genes; the still existent spiritual influence of Jesus; the karma of commanding an invasion of a foreign country; justice with no self; Enlightened Despotism; the relation of samsara with nirvana; Buddhism vs. the Hindu idea that samsara is a manifestation of the Absolute; “Nirvana is Samsara” in Mahayana; and advice for someone visiting Bodh Gaya.

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/

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 and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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

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.

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/

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 and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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

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/

website: pannobhasa.org

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 and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

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

CashApp: $pannobhasa

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