Question & Answer #161: from Hindu Morality to Enlightened Perception

Questions include: the morality of Hindus; the morality of Hindu deities; the Buddha’s mysticism; nibbana vs. parinibbana; stimulation causing existence AND nonexistence; child sacrifice in the USA; why I no longer sit in meditation; jealousy; species collective memory; do I think I’ll go to heaven; Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta; my study of Vedanta; spiritual traditions similar to Buddhism; beard braiding; Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya; Buddhism as meaningless nihilism; knowledge without self; clouds as mandalas; the ethics of imagination; infinite ways to practice Dhamma; why the Buddha didn’t want to ordain women; endorsing the first two stages of ariya-hood; is Theravada mystical; my most beatific experiences; seeing through a glass darkly; why most devout Buddhists don’t practice very intensively; the most advanced lay Buddhist I have known; advanced lay practice; the conceit “I am”; the ethics of aspiring to enlightenment; and enlightened perceptions.

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