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This is a long one with some of you asking excruciatingly badass questions.
Questions include: how to ordain as a monk in Asia, financial support, indulgences and purgatory, the universe arising out of nothing, magick, Dhamma as the fourth Satipatthana, emptiness of aggregates, insanity in monastics and laypeople, qualifications for being a teacher, made-up religious mythologies, determination in Buddhism, sex in society, me being autistic, correcting bad karma, dealing with clown world, right livelihood, masturbation, monks riding horses, enlightened beings after death, the ethics of sterilization and eugenics, collective karma, my upcoming books, biofeedback meditation, natural and supernatural states, love and light in Buddhism, Semitic and anti-Buddhist Gods, monastic rains retreats, use of entheogens, and the differences between Buddhist practices in Thai, Burmese, and Sri Lankan traditions. With the mind-warpingness of the Middle Way haunting the whole show.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/W6rhKl2xMQWY/
Questions include: how to ordain as a monk in Asia, financial support, indulgences and purgatory, the universe arising out of nothing, magick, Dhamma as the fourth Satipatthana, emptiness of aggregates, insanity in monastics and laypeople, qualifications for being a teacher, made-up religious mythologies, determination in Buddhism, sex in society, me being autistic, correcting bad karma, dealing with clown world, right livelihood, masturbation, monks riding horses, enlightened beings after death, the ethics of sterilization and eugenics, collective karma, my upcoming books, biofeedback meditation, natural and supernatural states, love and light in Buddhism, Semitic and anti-Buddhist Gods, monastic rains retreats, use of entheogens, and the differences between Buddhist practices in Thai, Burmese, and Sri Lankan traditions. With the mind-warpingness of the Middle Way haunting the whole show.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/W6rhKl2xMQWY/
Venerable Sir
If a Western Buddhist would like to ordain into a Burmese Theravada Forest Tradition monastery, what would you recommend for him?
Metta
That is a difficult one, because there are very few Burmese forest traditions. I was ordained in the Taungpulu tradition, although the tradition is in decline. Your best bet would be to go to Burma and look around, and if you find a place you like, try to get the abbot there to sponsor you.
A fellow Aspie! Wear the badge with pride - it has been suggested that Aspergers are the next step in human evolution as they function without being subject to/slave of their emotions. Another theory, and one that resounds true to me, is that Aspergers are highly sensitive and feel more than a normie - that’s why we shut down the emotional content because we’re aware of all the suffering and associated emotional content yet surrounded by unaware people. Autism is on a continuum from low functioning (needs help pulling pants on and frying an egg) to high functioning Aspergers (May still need help pulling pants on and frying an egg, but for different reasons!); so it’s better to define one’s-self as an asperger than autistic (just saying - and I’d also thought you were one. I haven’t been diagnosed either but wife has a masters in psychology so I’m running with it - hint: avoid chick flicks like the plague they are but if you absolutely have to participate just sit there and hold the tissues. Good q and a - sorry to diverge from the middle way with pesky questions - how about this for the next one - what are the four noble truths? With metta to a fellow aspie!
This was an interesting session, thanks. I have a question 'we are all one' is a view that the Buddha refuted, could you speak to this from the text perspective and also your own perspective please?