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Questions include: the nature of spirit; arguing about Hitler; my question lists; why I left Burma for California; virtual cause and effect; the authenticity of Mahayana; Buddhism vs. “nihilism”; rebirth after being cryogenically frozen; parallel worlds; Brian Aldiss; facing cancel culture in action; one hand clapping; Thích Nhất Hạnh; my microphone; cell phones distracting from mindfulness; Nagarjuna’s awareness of the Pali Canon; Buddhist Christianity; militant Buddhism; Buddhism vs. nihilism part 2; Ajahn Brahm’s expulsion from the Ajahn Chah tradition; the western push for female spiritual leaders; “Real” monks in different schools of Buddhism; the infamous Lion’s Roar interview; western protestant Buddhists; belief in karma; Buddhism’s success as a religion; discussing Dhamma with scientific materialists; mind and karma in enlightened beings; and freedom of belief in archaic Buddhism.
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@cleefy69 28 күн бұрын

Panno, thank you for your Q&As. Somehow, after watching them I get feeled with optimism.

@proto-pseudo-monk 26 күн бұрын

In the Suttas (AN 2:123-124) it is said: the voice of another is a cause for Right View. I will be using my next question token to ask: can hearing the voice of Panno lead to Jhana?

@romeoantonio952 29 күн бұрын

So grateful for your channel. Here is a multi-part question I'd like you to address in your next Q&A...thanks in advance. Like you, me, and probably lots of your viewers, past novelist Hermann Hesse seems to have also been a Westerner heavily influenced by Buddhism (and Eastern Philosophy in general). Are you familiar with Hermann Hesse? Have you ever read his book Siddhartha (or any of his other works)? If so, what is your impression?

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

Will the oceans stop waving? 😊

@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447 Ай бұрын

Sound is fine on my end. And I'm hard of hearing 😮😊

@Samphappalapa-56912 Ай бұрын

I've been watching this monk, and he says mindfulness of breathing is misunderstood. He says vipassana and zen practice have it wrong a little by telling you to focus on the breath or abdomen. He says that the satthipitthana sutta is saying that we need to understand and be aware that I'm taking in a long or short breath. After hearing this my meditation has been better and I'm able to breath without labor but I have to have mindfulness of the here and now, then next I remember not to identify with the thoughts and then I some how end up actually meditating. I end up relaxed and tranquil, and everything is just different. What do you think of vipassana ? Do you think they have it wrong in some ways? Being in the moment and looking at the world as if it were empty brings me to a place where I'm able to breath and be aware of the breath because I'm not forcing anything. I've never been able to focus on my breath and find anything there, but when I focus on emptiness and non self, I am able to meditate following my breath. Is this wrong or should I continue ?

@MaramadeMahayana Ай бұрын

Buddhism and Christianity: The first step for a Buddhist is "right view". This means recognizing the 4 Noble Truths in every aspect. Accepting a Creator God means hoping for and clinging to an immortal and imperishable self.

@saintsword23 Ай бұрын

The Buddha's condemnation of belief in a creator God in the Tittha Sutta (AN 3.61) is pretty spot on. He points out that such a belief leads its adherents to a lack of effort to liberate themselves ethically and as a contemplative...to overly rely on that creator to liberate them instead of making their own efforts. It leads to a sort of fatalism, as whatever the all-powerful creator God has done in the past is what will determine everything. And this is, indeed, exactly what we see in Abrahamic religions. It's not that one can't be a Christian and a Buddhist at the same time, at least from the Buddhist side it's not wholly incompatible, but the belief in a creator God will be a hindrance. Why make an effort to meditate and renounce material things if your belief in Jesus is supposed to liberate you anyways?

@MaramadeMahayana Ай бұрын

I think its incompatible precisely because of the things you mentioned. You are not a Christian without faith in Jesus/God. You are not a Buddhist without "Right View." Faith in Jesus/God gives rise to belief in an immortal soul. Let's not kid ourselves. @@saintsword23

@rinchentsering4924 Ай бұрын

Thich Nhat Hanh is "buddhism" for privileged progressive militant westerners... sort of a "schizoteric" crowd. I tried to read his book about walking meditation... well, I actually finished it, but I almost was killed by boredom!

@Arahansannihilation Ай бұрын

If anyone wants to listen to real zen teaching go listen to old Japanese masters and not this two-bit hack. Anyone can become famous if they're endorsed by the likes of Oprah.

@dunner079 Ай бұрын

I cam across your channel and your one of the few Americans I can listen to regarding Buddhism. I suppose I should subscribe.

@krielsavino5368 Ай бұрын

Here is a question about negative karma. If, for example, person C steals from person B, then person C will eventually have to repay its karmic debt by having a person D steal from him in the future (or perform another type of bad deed). At the same time person B, could not have been a victim of theft if he himself did not steal from a person A in the past (or performed another type of bad deed). Using the same logic recursively, this chain of bad deeds (ABCD) can be prolonged infinitely in both the past and the future. The conclusion seems that to make one bad deed possible, an infinite chain of bad deeds needs to be in place along time, which seems both absurd, cause it requires infinite time, and unfair, cause it require a infinite amount of sentient beings to suffer bad karma. I understand that I am heavily simplifying how karma works and that even Buddha discouraged to understand how it actually operates, but I think, I am still raising a valid point. What do you think? Thanks. P.S you can pronounce my name as you wish.

@extremelyrarebird 27 күн бұрын

Have you read the japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani? Here’s a taste of what he writes about in case you are interested; " All things that are in the world are linked together, one way or the other. Not a single thing comes into being without some relationship to every other thing. Scientific intellect thinks here in terms of natural laws of necessary causality; mythico-poetic imagination perceives an organic, living connection; philosophic reason contemplates an absolute One. But on a more essential level, a system of circuminsession has to be seen here, according to which, on the field of Śūnyatā, all things are in a process of becoming master and servant to one another. In this system, each thing is itself in not being itself, and is not itself in being itself. Its being is illusion in its truth and truth in its illusion. This may sound strange the first time one hears it, but in fact it enables us for the first time to conceive of a force by virtue of which all things are gathered together and brought into relationship with one another, a force which, since ancient times, has gone by the name of "nature" (physis). " From Religion and nothingness (1983)

@proto-pseudo-monk 26 күн бұрын

Qs for Ven. P, Q1. Can you elaborate why Trump is a force for good as a president of USA Q2. Can you do a poll on how many people in the community understand the simile of the block of stone. And request for a video with Brian Ruhe to speak on this topic Q3. What to do when an erection? What to do when lust appears?

@Merry---J--- 28 күн бұрын

You often mention your father and you sometimes mention your mother. You never as far as I can tell mention your brother. Why is that? Are you two good?

@cleefy69 28 күн бұрын

Hello Panno, Have you heard about Tibetan Buddhist practice called Phowa ( loose translation - conscious dying)? Does orthodox Buddhism has a similar practice? Thank you, sir.

@MaramadeMahayana Ай бұрын

When I first became interested in Buddhism, I also read Thich Nhat Hanh's books and watched his videos. They didn't help me at all and instead gave me a false understanding of the Buddha's teachings. And this "soft talk"....🙄

@ruipedroparada Ай бұрын

Hello Pañño, on a different tack this week: do you think buddhadhamma (awakening) is compatible with the American Dream (the deep oneiric dive)?

@krielsavino5368 Ай бұрын

Another question about negative karma: I heard that if one hurts a Buddha, he is doomed to a hellish rebirth. But how can this make sense? If a Buddha has no karma, it does not have the karma to be hurt in the first place. Am i missing something? Thank you.

@xXKillaBGXx Ай бұрын

AH bought the Kshatriya varna onto Germany. He may have been the prototype of Avatar Kalki to give us a preview on what's to come when the Kali Yuga ends.

@cactusray3368 Ай бұрын

Dear Pannobhasa, With respect, I'm not sure that the Buddha or early Buddhism would agree that existence or samsara is meaningless. I think he would claim that it is a very profound and serious state of being that is, ultimately, insubstantial After all, he devoted his post enlightenment life to helping beings escape the effectively "real" condition or experience of samsara.

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

I would go so far as to say Samsara is meaning. Meaning is samsaric.

@cactusray3368 Ай бұрын

@@pannobhasa Yes, well put!

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

What's the meaning of this;dammit?!?

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

@@Master_Po170 What do you mean

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

@@pannobhasa I was bring a wisecrack

@drunkdruk62 28 күн бұрын

I like the name of your blog, have you considered opening up a restaurant or food truck called Politically Incorrect Shawarma? You can include a Theravada Buddhist saying with each wrapper

@NPC.6 23 күн бұрын

lol!

@Merry---J--- 26 күн бұрын

Is biological depression caused by kamma?

@pyramid4632 29 күн бұрын

My comment seems to be getting auto-deleted, I dont know why. But basically have you checked out the Buddhist red it page? it seems like they don't have a high opinion of the venerable pannobhasa, but its red it so you can't really expect much decency.

@proto-pseudo-monk 26 күн бұрын

I've gotten into heated debates with those fools on reddit. A waste of time. In fact im banned from r/buddhism, and that was before I switched to Theravada 😂. Most of buddhism in reddit = Mahayana, and the most watered down version. I once got -20 down votes because I said "sex is unethical" 😂. They love getting into discussions promoting homosexuality, transexuals, etc. etc. I was very confused until Venerable Paññobhasa explained this emerging phenomenon of Rainbow Buddhism. That's the outer form, the inner form is cultural Marxism (I also learned from Ven P.) A shame because I thought Buddhism was spreading worldwide, but whatever is spreading they don't seem too keen on restraint and renunciation. Its all about love for all sentient being and enjoying pleasures in the present moment "mindfully". One fool had no use for the 8 precepts because some esteemed Tibetan Lama Rinpoche "boddhisattva", was able to watch Star Trek with the view of bodhichitta and emptiness 😂. They basically say you can become enlightened just the way you are, no work needed, just imagine you are a Buddha (because you already are), the non-duality of purity and defilements, they are the same, simply don't be attached. Clever and delusional people.

@EliasRykart Ай бұрын

Nice micro👍👍👍

@Merry---J--- 26 күн бұрын

I have watched some senatorial hearings for i guess National court. Why do you Americans dont want for the president guys like Ted Cruz or someone?

@noself7889 Ай бұрын

All the different schools are relevant and if you read the different schools there is no contradiction. The Mahayana is the natural progression and is most relevant for our modern era. Just like Judaism naturally progressed into Christianity, Buddhism naturally progressed into the Mahayana. We need the Mahayana and the help of the Buddhas as we are living in a time where mankind is more deluded then ever, and the chances of attaining enlightenment on our own without the help of the Mahayana is rare. ☯️☸️☯️

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

Are you joking? OF COURSE there are MANY contradictions. For example the oldest texts say strive to get enlightened in this very life, and do not wish for any future existence, whereas Mahayana says nope, put off enlightenment indefinitely and/or pray to a cosmic Buddha never mentioned in the oldest texts in order to be reborn in his Pure Land. Some Mahayana texts even declare that sentient beings have a soul, or so I have been told by a serious Mahayana Buddhist.

@Merry---J--- Ай бұрын

@@pannobhasa"NO!" - anonymous buddhist/christian monk

@MaramadeMahayana Ай бұрын

You can of course continue to lie to yourself and claim that Mahayana still has something to do with Buddhism. Mahayana is much more of a kind of substitute Christianity with its overemphasis on "compassion". The word "compassion" does not appear that often in the Pali Canon. On the other hand, it has a lot of overlap with Hinduism. Where do Tibetan monks actually still go on alms rounds? It's just ridiculous, sorry.

@noself7889 27 күн бұрын

@@pannobhasa Actually Mahayanists do strive for enlightenment but it is done for the benefit of all sentient beings and not just oneself. There is no contradiction in the teachings just a progression of understanding and doctrine. There have been many Buddhas throughout history that have brought new ideas and doctrines into Buddhism. There are also different levels of enlightenment. The Buddha taught enough to get one to the base level of enlightenment. The Great vehicle expanded on this knowledge.

@pannobhasa 27 күн бұрын

@@noself7889 "All sentient beings" are an illusion, and don't really exist; and if one believes that they DO really exist, then that becomes DElusion. Also, there will always be an infinite number of unenlightened and suffering beings, though as was already pointed out they don't really exist. With regard to Buddhas throughout history, there have been a total of ONE. All the others, in Theravada and Mahayana, like Kassapa Buddha, Dipankara Buddha, or Amitabha Buddha, are mythology, not history. With regard to different levels of enlightenment, either you are fully enlightened or you are not. For later Buddhists to cook up higher levels of enlightenment is just making stuff up. The Buddha taught how to become enlightened, that is, how to realize the Absolute. The so-called Great Vehicle is a broad spectrum of the ridiculous to the sublime, and in some cases teaches the exact opposite of what the only historical Buddha taught to his disciples.

@athenassigil5820 Ай бұрын

Gene Wolfe ain't no slouch.....and he wrote SF.

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

That is true, especially with regard to his magnum opus. I consider The Book of the New Sun to be some of the greatest American literature ever written. It is worthy to be scripture.

@HuiChyr Ай бұрын

Now my comment is deleted?

@NPC.6 Ай бұрын

KZfaq censored my comment also.

@naturecure280 Ай бұрын

My comments disappear all the time. I thought i was banned or blacklisted or something.. 😅

@Merry---J--- Ай бұрын

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@MaramadeMahayana Ай бұрын

Mine also about feminism.

@proto-pseudo-monk Ай бұрын

Same here... Happens all the time 😑

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

Cool thumbnail!!!😊

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

My lovely mate makes most of them

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

@@pannobhasais she an artist by profession?

@pannobhasa Ай бұрын

@@Master_Po170 She has done art professionally, although lately her creative impulses are directed toward making most of my thumbnails (I still make a few) and beautifying our house.

@Master_Po170 Ай бұрын

@@pannobhasa so , you're both artistic

@pyramid4632 Ай бұрын

It's ai, swords don't come out of gauntlets.