Question & Answer #83: from the Four Stages of Sainthood to What Transmigrates Lifetimes

Questions include: the questionable authenticity of the four stages of Ariyahood; the 8000 Line Prajnaparamita Sutra; the third great Buddhist council; being a standup comic; “good” and “bad” as ethical/philosophical terms; rebirth into AI; Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta; meditation on the loathsomeness of food; disgust as a virtue in Dhamma; antinatalism in Buddhism; the periodic reappearance of Buddha and Dhamma; Right View as “Complete View”; suffering as a karmic result; Abhidhamma and quantum physics; the Root of All Things; monks going potty; premature pregnancies; metta meditation; is Buddhism the only true path; formless consciousness; dealing with ancient Indian mythology in the suttas; remembering past lives; is the eternal Now illusory; the Pali word for ego; why Jainism survived in India (but Buddhism did not); the chronology of Buddha’s discourses; Buddhist self-improvement videos; Zen and Mahayana; perceiving Nibbana; finding an authentic teacher; and the element undergoing rebirth.

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