Question & Answer #132: from Euthanizing Sick Pets to Believing in Karma

Oh my, I think I omitted a question by DhammaRiver, on the point of bodhisattva vows. I’ll try to address that question first on the next one, insh’allah. Also I could have mentioned that the three knowledges of the Buddha could be viewed as a “take” on the three Vedas of the Brahmins.

Questions include: what to do with a terminally ill pet; burning up karma; what causes rebirth; psychic powers from jhana; killing bad people; wisdom of the Dalai Lama; the 3 comforting thoughts; any other comforting thoughts; 3 knowledges of Buddha; subjective experience in enlightened beings; non-Buddhist philosophers in the Buddha’s time; ven. Nyanamoli; how to be happy; making objective moral truth claims; empiricism in Buddhism; when I started meditating; what mindfulness feels like; meditation inducing high energy; Canada as 51st state; ChatGTP; deathbed ordinations; clinging to jhana; what determines rebirth; experience of fear; Carl Schmitt on politics; grotesque attributes; silly questions; mindfulness of others’ mental states; nirvana vs. moksha; controlling the lizard brain; sotapannas again; YHWH; Jesus as a bodhisattva; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; bodhisattva vows; healing from heartbreak; the purpose of words; benefits of prolonged silence; various schools of Buddhism; 969 movement; Ajahn Chah; Love Potion Number 9; Pride and Prejudice; zombies; and why believe in karma.

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