Have you ever read Thoreau's Walden? What's your opinion of it? More specifically, he seemed to have a spiritual pursuit of truth without any religious influence. He was similar to the Buddha in the sense that they both studied nature deeply. Do you consider yourself to be currently following the Dhamma without your former religious affiliation that came with ordination? I'm just wondering if there's a connection between his path and your current path. Thank you and may you be happy 🙏🏻
Alan Watts, my spiritual mentor said of himself, " I'm a rascalian philosopher merely entertaining people who would be. And NOT to have "followers " but to send you all away. 😊❤
For the viewer in Europe who wished to explore the mendicant's life, I suggest you take a look at Hillside Hermitage. They have a monastery based in Slovenia.
A multi-part question for your next Q&A (I apologize if it's long-winded...feel free to edit/shorten it in the interest of time): I work in the mental health field and often counsel people dealing with severe psychosis. Some of their symptoms include hearing dark voices, seeing strange visions, harboring paranoid delusions, tactile sensations, among others. I've seen two basic camps emerge on how to view psychosis. First, there is the growing "peer movement" made up of people with a lived experience of psychosis and their professional allies. According to them, psychosis is a spiritual gift that we need to affirm and cherish, and that many prominent people throughout history have experienced psychosis including religious prophets, philosophers, artists, and poets. They feel that mandating someone take anti-psychotic medication is wrong and a violation of their human rights. On the other side are the people who advocate the "medical model" which says that psychosis should be treated with medication for the benefit of the patient, as well as society as a whole (even to the extent that the person is mandated to take the medication). They say that, if unchecked, psychotic symptoms can render a person a danger to themselves or others (e.g. a homeless person pushing someone off of a subway platform in New York City after hearing voices telling them that the other person is the devil). 1) Do you see psychosis as a beautiful, possibly spiritual, experience that should be affirmed without being mitigated by medication? (After all, the Buddha is said to have had paranormal experiences). 2) Do you think that psychosis should be mitigated as much as possible by the use of medications, for the benefit of both the person and society? 3) Do you have any view of the origins of severe psychosis from a Buddhist perspective (i.e, such symptoms being the result of karma, rebirth, etc.)? Thanks, Romeo
How do we distinguish between real wisdom and fantastic fables in Buddhism? For example I highly doubt the story of when the Buddha was a baby he went around talking about how great he was and had lotus flowers grow out of the floor as he walked is a factual event that occurred.
Tim Tok is pure samsaric entrapment......nothing of any use, to anybody. I liked the fact that you mentioned Will Durant....probably my favorite popular historian. I wish he and Ariel had finished their great series. And thank you for answering my question, Pañño.
Bernadette Roberts succinctly explains why Jesus cried, "Father, Father, why have you forsaken me?" on the cross. She says that the night before, in the Garden of Gethsemane, he had already given away the last resistance, the last piece of himself and then entered abiding non-self on the cross. Since he had interpreted the world in terms of himself and God, when his self left him, so did his ability to experience God. There was no more self to view God, so God seemed to have disappeared, which confused him.
St. John of the Cross says that Jesus had to lose everything, including his communion with the Father, in order to be a total sacrifice and atonement for the sins of the world. The Jehovah's Witnesses say he cried that because while on the cross Jesus looked into the future and saw some JWs persecuted and imprisoned, and was crying out in compassion. My favorite theory, even though I don't believe it, is from some Gnostic sect who claimed he shouted that when the Christ spirit left his body. Personally I think he may have shouted it when he finally realized that he wasn't the Jewish Messiah.
In the protestant world, Jesus was both fully God & fully Human. It was his humanity crying out. In Judaism a "Human sacrifice " is 100 percent ungodly and evil. Impossible for God to do or except. Like the so called " revolt" headed by Satan. This in Judaism is absolutely impossible the idea of a fallen angel didn't even appear until 100 BC. Coming from the apocryphal stories which Judaism doesn't consider holy. Nor do protestants. 😊
@@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447 The main appearance of Satan in the OT is in the Book of Job, in which Satan is a kind of cynical servant of YHWH, the "accuser."
@@pannobhasa My personal headcanon around Satan is that he was so loyal to God that he was the only angel that would volunteer to be God's adversary when asked. I mean, how dumb is it, if you actually believe God to be omnipotent, to oppose him?
1.Would you say alcohol is more harmful than weed for the mind and mental clarity? I know kamma is based on intention but assuming similar intentions in both cases which is more detrimental. 2. Would you say smoking weed breaks the 5th precept? 3. As someone trying to get back into practicing more, would you say meditation, metta, general mindfulness throughout day, studying suttas or sense restraint is more beneficial as an initial focus?
Would you ultimately recommend Buddhism as a spiritual path to any ethnic European? I have been practicing Asatru for a while now and enjoy it but Buddhism does seem alluring in a deepening of practice sort of way.
QUESTION: I heard that there's some kundalini type abhisek given among the cambodian buddhists. Did you find in Burmese Buddhism anything with abhisek, pneumatransfer, kundalini, etc.? In other words, did you find Burmese meditation masters who can transfer their realizations, state, energies, etc., to individual students or groups of people? Are there Kundalini cults among the Burmese as far as you know? Either in Buddhism or the Weizza alchemy stuff?
I think I heard somewhere that actors have or do bad Karma due to acting, but what if actors have helped people feel happy and good? (Modern actors and play actors of antiquity)
Greetings Panno!...If the oldest of the suttas are the original teachings of the Buddha, and the Buddha says don't believe anything, everything is empty, this sounds alot like the teachings of Zen...Thoughts?
"Interesting" how the infinite consciousness is the same vajra given in the vajrayana wangs. But yeah meditating nirvana while in samsara is not a popular choice. Many Buddhists have adopted some kind of nominalist and even nihilist views. Saying nirvana is absence of being, when really bhawanga can be distinguished from prabhasvaracitta lol. Kunzhi Namshes and alayvijnana and all that hairsplit and nominally empty of self.
Would you recommend reading dharma texts via a physical book or e-reader? I have the intent of studying your translation of The Atthakkavaga with the layered intention of learning Pali.
@@pannobhasa Well I wanted to ask if it’s possible for you to do a comprehensive comparison of all the sects of Buddhism and I’m curious why you reject Mahayana. I don’t think you have any videos on that so I’d love to see one. Also talk about Zen please and your opinions on it since that’s the version of Buddhism that interests me the most. I understand all your points about Buddhism in comparison to other religions, but why not Mahayana? Thanks!
Do you think there is a big collective mind of human race that mimics the one of a single person? Example being, when we as a race have a choice to do the right thing, we just do the wrong collectively, and vice versa, like there is a huge ego in play. I rarely have outbursts, but when l do l apologize and try not not repeat it. But people around have them often, and are unapologetic about it. Yet they stick my few into my face a lot. Example being my great Grandma was a drunk, and my great grandfather only was drunk once, when he complained about it, she was sticking that one time to his face evey time. Why is that? I wanna be good example to people around me, but lm not perfect, l have a feeling people just remember my unwholesome actions, even if then are miniscule to wholsome ones. What to do?
Thanks for 108 Q&A's!!! The twilight ambience was eerily delightful. 😊
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44:11 your dog is looking at you and thinking "you are next" 😅
Have you ever read Thoreau's Walden? What's your opinion of it? More specifically, he seemed to have a spiritual pursuit of truth without any religious influence. He was similar to the Buddha in the sense that they both studied nature deeply. Do you consider yourself to be currently following the Dhamma without your former religious affiliation that came with ordination? I'm just wondering if there's a connection between his path and your current path.
Thank you and may you be happy 🙏🏻
I love the storm ❤
I AM the storm
When is the storm? I missed it.
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Alan Watts, my spiritual mentor said of himself, " I'm a rascalian philosopher merely entertaining people who would be. And NOT to have "followers " but to send you all away. 😊❤
I am the Indian guy.
My name is Trevor".
Thank you panno 🙏
For the viewer in Europe who wished to explore the mendicant's life, I suggest you take a look at Hillside Hermitage. They have a monastery based in Slovenia.
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A multi-part question for your next Q&A (I apologize if it's long-winded...feel free to edit/shorten it in the interest of time):
I work in the mental health field and often counsel people dealing with severe psychosis. Some of their symptoms include hearing dark voices, seeing strange visions, harboring paranoid delusions, tactile sensations, among others.
I've seen two basic camps emerge on how to view psychosis. First, there is the growing "peer movement" made up of people with a lived experience of psychosis and their professional allies. According to them, psychosis is a spiritual gift that we need to affirm and cherish, and that many prominent people throughout history have experienced psychosis including religious prophets, philosophers, artists, and poets. They feel that mandating someone take anti-psychotic medication is wrong and a violation of their human rights.
On the other side are the people who advocate the "medical model" which says that psychosis should be treated with medication for the benefit of the patient, as well as society as a whole (even to the extent that the person is mandated to take the medication). They say that, if unchecked, psychotic symptoms can render a person a danger to themselves or others (e.g. a homeless person pushing someone off of a subway platform in New York City after hearing voices telling them that the other person is the devil).
1) Do you see psychosis as a beautiful, possibly spiritual, experience that should be affirmed without being mitigated by medication? (After all, the Buddha is said to have had paranormal experiences).
2) Do you think that psychosis should be mitigated as much as possible by the use of medications, for the benefit of both the person and society?
3) Do you have any view of the origins of severe psychosis from a Buddhist perspective (i.e, such symptoms being the result of karma, rebirth, etc.)?
Thanks,
Romeo
How do we distinguish between real wisdom and fantastic fables in Buddhism? For example I highly doubt the story of when the Buddha was a baby he went around talking about how great he was and had lotus flowers grow out of the floor as he walked is a factual event that occurred.
Tim Tok is pure samsaric entrapment......nothing of any use, to anybody. I liked the fact that you mentioned Will Durant....probably my favorite popular historian. I wish he and Ariel had finished their great series. And thank you for answering my question, Pañño.
Bernadette Roberts succinctly explains why Jesus cried, "Father, Father, why have you forsaken me?" on the cross. She says that the night before, in the Garden of Gethsemane, he had already given away the last resistance, the last piece of himself and then entered abiding non-self on the cross. Since he had interpreted the world in terms of himself and God, when his self left him, so did his ability to experience God. There was no more self to view God, so God seemed to have disappeared, which confused him.
St. John of the Cross says that Jesus had to lose everything, including his communion with the Father, in order to be a total sacrifice and atonement for the sins of the world.
The Jehovah's Witnesses say he cried that because while on the cross Jesus looked into the future and saw some JWs persecuted and imprisoned, and was crying out in compassion.
My favorite theory, even though I don't believe it, is from some Gnostic sect who claimed he shouted that when the Christ spirit left his body.
Personally I think he may have shouted it when he finally realized that he wasn't the Jewish Messiah.
In the protestant world, Jesus was both fully God & fully Human. It was his humanity crying out. In Judaism a "Human sacrifice " is 100 percent ungodly and evil. Impossible for God to do or except. Like the so called " revolt" headed by Satan. This in Judaism is absolutely impossible the idea of a fallen angel didn't even appear until 100 BC. Coming from the apocryphal stories which Judaism doesn't consider holy. Nor do protestants. 😊
@@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447 The main appearance of Satan in the OT is in the Book of Job, in which Satan is a kind of cynical servant of YHWH, the "accuser."
@@pannobhasa yes, in Judaism Satan is a archangel whose soul purpose is to tempt mankind in order for "free will" to be exercised.
@@pannobhasa My personal headcanon around Satan is that he was so loyal to God that he was the only angel that would volunteer to be God's adversary when asked. I mean, how dumb is it, if you actually believe God to be omnipotent, to oppose him?
PNW or SC ? If you had your rathers.😊
Mass formation is a term popularised by Professor Mattias Desmet during the "pandemic". He wrote a book about it.
Samadhi is the absence of all inner resistance.
1.Would you say alcohol is more harmful than weed for the mind and mental clarity? I know kamma is based on intention but assuming similar intentions in both cases which is more detrimental. 2. Would you say smoking weed breaks the 5th precept? 3. As someone trying to get back into practicing more, would you say meditation, metta, general mindfulness throughout day, studying suttas or sense restraint is more beneficial as an initial focus?
Praise the computing machine🙏🥛
Throw an Oscar in your fish tank for a little chaos 😮😊😅. How "Maraistic"?
Y'know based on my experiences it seems matter itself is not only aware, but has or seems to have some level of awareness-of-itself.
silence is golden 🖖
Would you ultimately recommend Buddhism as a spiritual path to any ethnic European? I have been practicing Asatru for a while now and enjoy it but Buddhism does seem alluring in a deepening of practice sort of way.
Hello Pañño, what's the translation of the Diamond Cutter Sutra that you use/have read?
QUESTION: I heard that there's some kundalini type abhisek given among the cambodian buddhists. Did you find in Burmese Buddhism anything with abhisek, pneumatransfer, kundalini, etc.? In other words, did you find Burmese meditation masters who can transfer their realizations, state, energies, etc., to individual students or groups of people? Are there Kundalini cults among the Burmese as far as you know? Either in Buddhism or the Weizza alchemy stuff?
I think I heard somewhere that actors have or do bad Karma due to acting, but what if actors have helped people feel happy and good? (Modern actors and play actors of antiquity)
Q: Is it somewhere mentioned who became the successor of the Sakyan Kingdom when Buddha became the Buddha and his son also a monk?
What did Buddha say about the size of the universe and the number of world systems?
Q: This is a genuine question: What is the Best dish that your Sweetheart makes that do not include meat?
Greetings Panno!...If the oldest of the suttas are the original teachings of the Buddha, and the Buddha says don't believe anything, everything is empty, this sounds alot like the teachings of Zen...Thoughts?
"Interesting" how the infinite consciousness is the same vajra given in the vajrayana wangs. But yeah meditating nirvana while in samsara is not a popular choice. Many Buddhists have adopted some kind of nominalist and even nihilist views. Saying nirvana is absence of being, when really bhawanga can be distinguished from prabhasvaracitta lol. Kunzhi Namshes and alayvijnana and all that hairsplit and nominally empty of self.
Would you recommend reading dharma texts via a physical book or e-reader?
I have the intent of studying your translation of The Atthakkavaga with the layered intention of learning Pali.
Any thoughts on the Dharma Initiative?
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@@pannobhasa Well I wanted to ask if it’s possible for you to do a comprehensive comparison of all the sects of Buddhism and I’m curious why you reject Mahayana. I don’t think you have any videos on that so I’d love to see one. Also talk about Zen please and your opinions on it since that’s the version of Buddhism that interests me the most. I understand all your points about Buddhism in comparison to other religions, but why not Mahayana?
Thanks!
@@pannobhasa Oh and Vajryana too I guess. But the main thing I want is your thoughts on Zen. And where can I make a donation to you?
What is it with the sound on this one?
Probably a bad mic setting
Do you have any favorite left-wing activist monks in the west?
Celibacy is not natural?🤔
Do you think there is a big collective mind of human race that mimics the one of a single person? Example being, when we as a race have a choice to do the right thing, we just do the wrong collectively, and vice versa, like there is a huge ego in play.
I rarely have outbursts, but when l do l apologize and try not not repeat it. But people around have them often, and are unapologetic about it. Yet they stick my few into my face a lot. Example being my great Grandma was a drunk, and my great grandfather only was drunk once, when he complained about it, she was sticking that one time to his face evey time. Why is that?
I wanna be good example to people around me, but lm not perfect, l have a feeling people just remember my unwholesome actions, even if then are miniscule to wholsome ones. What to do?
What percentage of your viewers do you think practice mindfulness?
What the hell is CP?
(pornography featuring underage people)
@@pannobhasa ok. I mean its not ok but ok.
Very accurate at 2. 29🥸
Is fred dead ?🥸From freds pernicious ego. Is the nasty side fabricated when it self harms??? where does it stem from if its not beneficial.