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Question & Answer #124: from the Sixth Patriarch to Buddhist Concepts of Energy
This is a long one, but I've been told that I talk slow, so you can get it down to under 3 hours by increasing the speed to x1.25. Lots of digressions too, and I burned through two entire beverages.
Questions include: Hui Neng; inducing happiness in others; transmigration of consciousness; overanalysis paralysis; advanced practitioners on the lunatic fringe; dharmic rebukes; laypeople rebuking monks; the decline of the Sasana; the name of my monastery in Burma; ghost stories; dancing for Don Cornelius; a friend with white bread karma; pumpkin ale; distinguishing the dark night of the soul from clinical depression; do saints’ equanimity protect them from harm; amoral ill will; karmic differences in acts of violence; the nature of humor; “irony poisoning”; recreational stupidity; monks in court; monks selling donations; the influence of sitting meditation on everyday life; memorable insertions into my alms bowl; an archaic koan; did the Atthakavagga help to inspire my disrobing; what I do for fun; The Truman Show as a parable; UFOs; the dukkha of desiring the end of dukkha; desiring to cease seeking; alchemist monks in Burma; a telepathic Ajahn; my next book; racial differences in spiritual experiences; the 12 days of Christmas vs. Tantra; imposter syndrome in monks; translating Indian terms into western languages; republishing the Atthakavagga translation; Krishnamurti vs. the Atthakavagga; and the Buddhist understanding of energy.
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3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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