Question & Answer #135: from Monks Asking for Money to the Ethics of Black Metal

Questions include: monks asking for donations; enlightened Greek philosophers; Diogenes and Alexander; relatively high numbers; great teachers with wrong teachings; Plato’s democratic man; Ven. Kondañña; consciousness in Nibbana; backsliding from mastery; samsaric reset; objective reality of Dhamma; objective reality of Nibbana; how Jainism survived; how to meet people and make friends; an obscure sutta; people on a list; Patthana; what is Hinduism; the source of Hindu ethics; Hindus on non-Hindus; virtue without expectations; becoming a monk with a minor chronic health issue; donating to a monastery before ordination; sexual misconduct; kasina meditation; universities that aren’t indoctrination camps; karma knowing the future; time in Buddhism; doing the griddy; my favorite sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya; and the effects of listening to extreme metal.

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