Question & Answer #169: from The Trickster and the Paranormal to Obsession with Moral Purity

Questions include: why The Trickster and the Paranormal is Important; Anglo-Saxons vs. other Germanic tribes; ancient Germanic religious beliefs about an afterlife; Vikings; Christianity as a Jewish Psyop; Zohran Mamdani; Taoism vs. Buddhism; Jungian philosophy; alien simulation theory; the beard braid vs. dangerous machinery; Myanmar’s location at the foothills of the Himalayas; “if you take care of Dhamma, Dhamma will take care of you”; the Christian equivalent of the foregoing; ordination with one’s wealth kept in a trust fund; my favorite wild mammal; my preferred coat of arms; rubbing one’s hands before answering a question; is Buddhism atheistic; donating a national flag to a monastery; monastic shingles; quick fundamentals to a beginning yet serious lay Buddhist; Buddhism and panpsychism and pantheism; panpsychism as an aid in understanding rebirth; why women are such “control freaks”; are precepts artificial; the canonical basis for the pre-Buddha’s six years of extreme austerity; maintaining sanity while living alone in caves; a monk regretting not being a layman; a layman regretting not being a monk; inspiring people to renounce the world; stumbling stones on the path to Liberation; justice as a virtue; was the Buddha tough; viññāna vs. citta; the 31 planes of existence; does basic consciousness change; Buddhists liking Taoism; memorials for deceased ship captains; and obsession with moral purity on the path of Dhamma/Dharma.

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