Question & Answer #98: from Buddhist Protection Chants to Jungian Archetypes

Questions include: how Buddhist protection chants work; the deadline for questions; my father’s occult autobiography; my father being irritated by sermons; sick monks eating in the afternoon; going LIVE on Q&A #100; why Buddhas can’t be murdered; archaic and authentic suttas; laymen using Pali names; The Never Ending Story; was the Grinch an arahant; my favorite teachers; the trolley problem; the origin of dependent origination; does the self survive or not; combining words in Pali grammar; the bardo realm; a sutta comparing Brahmins to dogs; B.R Ambedkar's views on karma; my favorite Jataka; “short tudongs”; walking to Bodh Gaya; monks wearing shoes; karma vs. brain chemistry; Nibbana or death; the Buddha rediscovering an ancient path; trying to be good vs. trying to be enlightened; did the Buddha have a unibrow; ethics in the Patimokkha; the meaning of Vicikiccha; “personality view”; Nibbana as God; an empty seat symbolizing the Buddha; being a BOSS; PAWGs; overcoming porn addiction; getting the most out of a meditation retreat; the Buddha’s hesitation to teach Dhamma; accepting Nibbana as real; and Jungian archetypes as memories from past lives.

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